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The Cheyenne handbook

Living in Cheyenne, WY: what to set up and who to call

Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 15.0 ppb, was higher than 100% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). Cheyenne has its own drop-off, Windmill Landscape Recycling Center, on 3714 Windmill Road.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Cheyenne, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Cheyenne.

Electricity

Power comes from Cheyenne Light Fuel & Power

Cheyenne Light Fuel & Power (Cheyenne Light Fuel & Power), an investor-owned utility, serves 98.5% of Cheyenne residents. Its homes paid an average of 17.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $91 a month (its average across Wyoming).

Start or move service: cheyennelight.com · (307) 638-3361

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities

Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities supplies almost all of Cheyenne. It draws surface water and serves 64,165 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile15.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 15.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 100% of similar systems’ latest results.

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. WY5600011.

Internet

10 home internet providers serve Cheyenne

98% of 24,741 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 89% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber98%1,000/35
Visionary BroadbandFixed wireless, Fiber94%5,000/5,000
BluepeakFiber77%5,000/5,000
CenturyLinkDSL, Fiber64%100/10
Quantum FiberFiber6%2,000/1,000
Mountain West TechnologiesFixed wireless100%300/50

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Curbside recycling in Cheyenne: every other week

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Cheyenne, from the town’s own site.

Curbside recyclingEvery other weekRecycling picked up at the curbcheyennecity.org
Drop-off

Windmill Landscape Recycling Center

3714 Windmill Road, Cheyenne, WY, 82001

We couldn’t find its opening hours.

What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Brown paper bags
  • Clean cardboard (flatten & cut into 2'x2' pieces or smaller)
  • Cereal Boxes
  • Aluminum foil or tin cans - empty
  • Plastics by shape: bottles, jars, jugs, to-go cups, and tubs (#1, #2, #4 & #5)
  • Glass food and beverage containers - brown, clear, or green - empty
  • Pizza boxes (with minimal grease residue)
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsSanitation Division offers bulk item pick-up for an additional charge; call 307-637-6440 for prices and scheduling

From cheyennecity.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated 2026, June 2024. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Cheyenne kids go to
PK–620 schoolsDepends on your address
7–83 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your address

Cheyenne is in Laramie County School District 1.

C−School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Feb 2022; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Cheyenne spans 3 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Cheyenne residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of CheyenneZIP’s residents in Cheyenne
82001Cheyenne, WY53%92%
82009Cheyenne, WY32%59%
82007Cheyenne, WY15%46%

82002, 82003, 82006, 82008, 82010 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs with no homes.

Area code307Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Cheyenne

Who supplies Cheyenne’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities (EPA ID WY5600011). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 15.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Cheyenne?

Cheyenne Light Fuel & Power (Cheyenne Light Fuel & Power), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Cheyenne?

Spectrum, Visionary Broadband, Bluepeak, CenturyLink, Quantum Fiber, Mountain West Technologies (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Cheyenne?

82001 (53%), 82009 (32%), 82007 (15%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Cheyenne in?

Laramie County School District 1.

How do I register to vote in Cheyenne?

Wyoming has no online registration; you can register in person up to and including Election Day or by mail (received 14 days before). Elections here are run by the Laramie County Clerk. Check your registration at sos.wyo.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: Cheyenne’s own website (cheyennecity.org), read Oct 23, 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.