Living in Cherry Valley Township, IL: what to set up and who to call
The Rockford water system has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 10.0 ppb, was higher than 97% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). Xfinity and AT&T both wire most of Cherry Valley Township; 45% of addresses can get fiber.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Cherry Valley 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 Cherry Valley Township.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Cherry Valley 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 Rockford water system
The Rockford water system supplies Cherry Valley Township: about 77% of residents live in its service area. Cherry Valley serves another 12%. About 11% 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 147,051 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2026, was 10.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 14.0 ppb. That’s higher than 97% 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. IL2010300.
7 home internet providers serve Cherry Valley Township
96% of 6,270 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 45% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 97% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL | 67% | 25/3 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 40% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Surf Internet | Fiber | 13% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Rise Broadband | Fixed wireless | 73% | 25/5 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 46% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Cherry Valley Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Cherry Valley Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Cherry Valley Township (97%) is in Rockford School District 205; parts are in Hiawatha Community Unit School District 426 (3%).
DSchool 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.
Cherry Valley Township spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Cherry Valley Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Cherry Valley Township | ZIP’s residents in Cherry Valley Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61109 | Rockford, IL | 81% | 58% |
| 61016 | Cherry Valley, IL | 19% | 77% |
A few homes fall in 61108, 61112.
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 Cherry Valley Township
Who supplies Cherry Valley Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Rockford water system (EPA ID IL2010300). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 10.0 ppb (Jan–Jun 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Cherry Valley Township?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Cherry Valley Township?
Xfinity, AT&T, Frontier, Surf Internet, Rise Broadband, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Cherry Valley Township?
61109 (81%), 61016 (19%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Cherry Valley Township in?
Rockford School District 205. Parts of the city are in Hiawatha Community Unit School District 426.
How do I register to vote in Cherry Valley 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 Rockford City Board of Election Commissioners. 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.