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The Donnellson handbook

Living in Donnellson, IL: what to set up and who to call

The Donnellson water system reported 8 health-based violations to EPA in the last five years: disinfection byproducts (TTHM) ×3, a surface water treatment requirement (Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule) ×3, disinfection byproducts (HAA5) ×2. 77% of systems its size reported none. For a library card, the closest branch is Hillsboro Area Public Library District, 8.9 miles out.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Donnellson, 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 Donnellson.

Electricity

Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company

Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Donnellson. Its homes paid an average of 16.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $148 a month (its average across Illinois, for customers on its standard service). Illinois lets you buy power from another supplier; 45% of Ameren Illinois Company’s home customers do, and Ameren Illinois Company still delivers it.

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 Donnellson water system

The Donnellson water system supplies Donnellson: about 95% of residents live in its service area. About 5% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Greenville and Ej Water-Mcwc as sellers) and serves 213 people in all.

8 health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: disinfection byproducts (TTHM) ×3, a surface water treatment requirement (Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule) ×3, disinfection byproducts (HAA5) ×2, the latest beginning Dec 2025. 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people had none.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2024, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.

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. IL0054360.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Donnellson

100% of 117 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
FrontierDSL75%90/5
NextlinkFixed wireless100%1,000/500
WisperFixed wireless100%400/30
VerizonFixed wireless88%300/20
AT&TFixed wireless85%25/3
T-MobileFixed wireless76%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Donnellson’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Donnellson.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Donnellson or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Donnellson kids go to
K–5Beckemeyer Elem Schoolin Hillsboro
6–8Hillsboro Jr High Schoolin Hillsboro
9–12Hillsboro High Schoolin Hillsboro

Donnellson is in Hillsboro Community Unit School District 3.

Test scores and every school: see 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.

Town HallBudget, officials, electionsDonnellson’s government in one page
Who runs elections hereMontgomery County ClerkElections here are run by Montgomery County (county election office). Most of Donnellson (95%) votes here; the rest in Bond County (5%). 1 Courthouse Square, P.O. Box 595, Hillsboro, IL 62049 · (217) 532-9530 · [email protected]FVAP, Jun 2025
Register to voteOnlineIn 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).vote.govCheck your registration and polling placeova.elections.il.govThe state’s voter lookup

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Donnellson is in ZIP code 62019

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of DonnellsonZIP’s residents in Donnellson
62019Donnellson, IL100%36%

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 Donnellson

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

The Donnellson water system (EPA ID IL0054360). It reported 8 health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026: disinfection byproducts (TTHM) ×3, a surface water treatment requirement (Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule) ×3, disinfection byproducts (HAA5) ×2. 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan–Jun 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Donnellson?

Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 16.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Donnellson?

Frontier, Nextlink, Wisper, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Donnellson?

62019. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Donnellson in?

Hillsboro Community Unit School District 3.

How do I register to vote in Donnellson?

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 Montgomery 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.