Photo: Dual Freq · CC BY 2.5Living in East Bend Township, IL: what to set up and who to call
Two school districts split the grades in East Bend Township: Rantoul Township High School District 193 and Fisher Community Unit School District 1. For a library card, the closest branch is Rantoul Public Library, 7.9 miles out.
I’m new in town
What to set up in East Bend 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 East Bend Township.
Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company
Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of East Bend Township. 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.
Water comes from Ej Water-Dewey
Ej Water-Dewey supplies East Bend Township: about 15% of residents live in its service area. About 83% 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 350 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2026, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.6 ppb. 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. IL0195200.
Which providers serve East Bend Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in East Bend 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 East Bend Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in East Bend Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
East Bend Township is in two districts that split the grades: Rantoul Township High School District 193 and Fisher Community Unit School District 1.
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.
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.
East Bend Township spans 6 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where East Bend Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of East Bend Township | ZIP’s residents in East Bend Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61840 | Dewey, IL | 53% | 42% |
| 61843 | Fisher, IL | 27% | 7% |
| 61845 | Foosland, IL | 11% | 19% |
| 61866 | Rantoul, IL | 4% | 0% |
| 60957 | Paxton, IL | 4% | 0% |
| 60936 | Gibson City, IL | 1% | 0% |
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 East Bend Township
Who supplies East Bend Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Ej Water-Dewey (EPA ID IL0195200). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan–Jun 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in East Bend Township?
Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 16.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in East Bend Township?
61840 (53%), 61843 (27%), 61845 (11%), 61866 (4%), 60957 (4%), 60936 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is East Bend Township in?
Rantoul Township High School District 193 and Fisher Community Unit School District 1. Parts of the city are in Rantoul City School District 137.
How do I register to vote in East Bend 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 Champaign 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.