Magnolia Manor · Photo: MuZemike · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Cairo, IL: what to set up and who to call
Cairo runs its own electric utility, Cairo Public Utility Company. For an emergency, Missouri Delta Medical Center is the closest ER, 23.6 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Cairo, 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 Cairo.
Power comes from Cairo Public Utility Company
Cairo Public Utility Company (Cairo Public Utility Company), a municipal utility, serves 93.4% of Cairo residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Il American-Cairo water system
The Il American-Cairo water system supplies almost all of Cairo. It draws ground water (EPA lists Central Alexander Cnty Pwd as seller) and serves 1,821 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2026–Dec 2028, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 69% 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. IL0035030.
Which providers serve Cairo
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Cairo, 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 Cairo’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Cairo.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Cairo (99%) is in Cairo Community Unit School District 1.
D−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 Sep 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Cairo is in ZIP code 62914
ZIP codes where Cairo residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Cairo | ZIP’s residents in Cairo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62914 | Cairo, IL | 100% | 90% |
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 Cairo
Who supplies Cairo’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Il American-Cairo water system (EPA ID IL0035030). 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 2.0 ppb (Jan 2026–Dec 2028), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Cairo?
Cairo Public Utility Company (Cairo Public Utility Company), a municipal utility.
What ZIP codes are in Cairo?
62914. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Cairo in?
Cairo Community Unit School District 1.
How do I register to vote in Cairo?
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 Alexander 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.