Photo: Asteve77767 · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Breese Township, IL: what to set up and who to call
Breese Township runs its own electric utility, City of Breese. Two school districts split the grades in Breese Township: Central Community High School District 71 and Breese School District 12.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Breese Township, 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 Breese Township.
Power comes from City of Breese
City of Breese (City of Breese - (IL)), a municipal utility, serves 82.5% of Breese Township residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Breese water system
The Breese water system supplies Breese Township: about 80% of residents live in its service area. About 20% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 4,772 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 2025, was 2.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 75% 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. IL0270250.
6 home internet providers serve Breese Township
97% of 2,456 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 79% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 78% | 1,000/1,000 |
| ClearWave | Fiber | 75% | 7,000/7,000 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 69% | 25/3 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 91% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 80% | 100/20 |
| Wisper | Fixed wireless | 77% | 400/30 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Breese Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Breese Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Breese Township is in two districts that split the grades: Central Community High School District 71 and Breese School District 12.
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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Breese Township spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Breese Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Breese Township | ZIP’s residents in Breese Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62230 | Breese, IL | 96% | 84% |
| 62216 | Aviston, IL | 3% | 5% |
| 62231 | Carlyle, IL | 1% | 1% |
A few homes fall in 62245.
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 Breese Township
Who supplies Breese Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Breese water system (EPA ID IL0270250). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.4 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Breese Township?
City of Breese (City of Breese - (IL)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Breese Township?
Spectrum, ClearWave, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Wisper (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Breese Township?
62230 (96%), 62216 (3%), 62231 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Breese Township in?
Central Community High School District 71 and Breese School District 12. Parts of the city are in Aviston School District 21 and Germantown School District 60 and St. Rose School District 14-15.
How do I register to vote in Breese Township?
In Illinois you can register online until 16 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 28 days before). Elections here are run by the Clinton County Clerk. Check your registration at ova.elections.il.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 Sep 12, 2025 (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.