Living in Texas, WI: what to set up and who to call
To register to vote, go to the Town of Texas Clerk: Texas runs its own elections. Aspirus Wausau Hospital, 9.1 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Texas, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Texas.
Power comes from Wisconsin Public Service
Wisconsin Public Service (Wisconsin Public Service Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Texas. Its homes paid an average of 17.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $106 a month (its average across Wisconsin).
Start or move service: wisconsinpublicservice.com · (800) 450-7260
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Wausau Waterworks
Wausau Waterworks supplies Texas: about 8% of residents live in its service area. About 92% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 39,994 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Oct 2020, was 5.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2020: EPA has no newer result for this system.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. WI7370102.
6 home internet providers serve Texas
87% of 782 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 63% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Fiber, Cable | 86% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | DSL | 45% | 90/5 |
| Bug Tussel | Fixed wireless | 49% | 50/8 |
| AirNet ISP | Fixed wireless | 45% | 25/4 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 12% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 5% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Texas’ trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Texas.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Texas is in Wausau School District.
C+School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Texas spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Texas residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Texas | ZIP’s residents in Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54403 | Wausau, WI | 90% | 6% |
| 54452 | Merrill, WI | 10% | 1% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Texas
Who supplies Texas’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
Wausau Waterworks (EPA ID WI7370102). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 5.8 ppb (Jul–Oct 2020), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Texas?
Wisconsin Public Service (Wisconsin Public Service Corp), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Texas?
Spectrum, Frontier, Bug Tussel, AirNet ISP, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Texas?
54403 (90%), 54452 (10%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Texas in?
Wausau School District.
How do I register to vote in Texas?
In Wisconsin you can register online until 20 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 20 days before). Elections here are run by the Town of Texas Clerk. Check your registration at myvote.wi.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.