William Ritzman House · Photo: IvoShandor · CC BY 2.5Living in Buckeye Township, IL: what to set up and who to call
The latest lead test reported by the Cedarville water system, which supplies Buckeye Township, came in at 19.0 ppb (Jan–Jun 2026), above the 15 ppb action level. For a library card, the closest branch is Freeport Public Library, 8.1 miles out.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Buckeye 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 Buckeye Township.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Buckeye Township. Its homes paid an average of 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $107 a month (its average across Illinois, for customers on its standard service). Illinois lets you buy power from another supplier; 20% of Commonwealth Edison’s home customers do, and Commonwealth Edison still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Cedarville water system
The Cedarville water system supplies Buckeye Township: about 32% of residents live in its service area. About 68% 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 663 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2026, was 19.0 ppb, above the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 99% 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. IL1770050.
Which providers serve Buckeye Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Buckeye Township, 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.
We don’t have Buckeye Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Buckeye Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Buckeye Township (79%) is in Orangeville Community Unit School District 203; parts are in Dakota Community Unit School District 201 (15%) and Freeport School District 145 (6%).
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.
Buckeye Township spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Buckeye Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Buckeye Township | ZIP’s residents in Buckeye Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61032 | Freeport, IL | 48% | 2% |
| 61013 | Cedarville, IL | 32% | 57% |
| 61018 | Dakota, IL | 11% | 13% |
| 61060 | Orangeville, IL | 8% | 7% |
A few homes fall in 61050.
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 Buckeye Township
Who supplies Buckeye Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Cedarville water system (EPA ID IL1770050). 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 19.0 ppb (Jan–Jun 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Buckeye Township?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Buckeye Township?
61032 (48%), 61013 (32%), 61018 (11%), 61060 (8%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Buckeye Township in?
Orangeville Community Unit School District 203. Parts of the city are in Dakota Community Unit School District 201 and Freeport School District 145.
How do I register to vote in Buckeye 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 Stephenson 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): pending.