Living in Winchester, WI: what to set up and who to call
In Winchester, trash day is Friday. Elections in Winchester are run by Winchester itself; register with the Town of Winchester Clerk.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Winchester, 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 Winchester.
Power comes from Wisconsin Public Service
Wisconsin Public Service (Wisconsin Public Service Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves 79.4% of Winchester residents. 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 Willow Pines Mfd Home Community water system
The Willow Pines Mfd Home Community water system supplies Winchester: about 1% of residents live in its service area. About 99% 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 70 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2021, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2021: EPA has no newer result for this system. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. WI4710459.
Which providers serve Winchester
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Winchester, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
Trash day in Winchester is Friday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Winchester, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
- RecyclingEvery week
Accepted at the curb
- Aluminum cans and bottles
- Tin cans, steel cans
- Glass bottles and jars
- Newspaper, magazines, books, mail, school/office paper
- Envelopes, junk mail, and catalogs
- Flattened corrugated cardboard and paperboard (shoe boxes, etc.)
- Cereal boxes, milk, juice, and soup cartons
- Paper bags
Foam Dome
1919 Holland Rd., Appleton, WI
From townofwinchesterwi.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 2026; pages dated 2014, 2026-09-10. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Winchester (78%) is in Winneconne Community School District; parts are in New London School District (22%).
A−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 May 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Winchester spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Winchester residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Winchester | ZIP’s residents in Winchester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54947 | Larsen, WI | 95% | 64% |
| 54940 | Fremont, WI | 3% | 1% |
| 54986 | Winneconne, WI | 2% | 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 Winchester
Who supplies Winchester’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Willow Pines Mfd Home Community water system (EPA ID WI4710459). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jun–Sep 2021), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Winchester?
Wisconsin Public Service (Wisconsin Public Service Corp), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Winchester?
54947 (95%), 54940 (3%), 54986 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Winchester in?
Winneconne Community School District. Parts of the city are in New London School District.
How do I register to vote in Winchester?
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 Winchester 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: Winchester’s own website (townofwinchesterwi.gov), read Oct 22, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- 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): pending.