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The Gladstone Township handbook

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

Gladstone Township spans 3 ZIP codes; 61437 holds the most residents (78%). MTC Communications is the only wired internet provider that reaches most of Gladstone Township.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Gladstone Township, 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 Gladstone Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company

Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Gladstone 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Gladstone water system

The Gladstone water system supplies Gladstone Township: about 23% of residents live in its service area. About 77% 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 387 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.

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

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 6.1 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. IL0710020.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Gladstone Township

86% of 635 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 78% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
MTC CommunicationsFiber63%1,000/1,000
SparklightCable44%400/40
FrontierDSL22%115/7
T-MobileFixed wireless22%100/20
NextlinkFixed wireless8%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless4%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Gladstone Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Gladstone Township.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Gladstone Township 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.

Gladstone Township kids go to
K–5West Central Elementary Schoolin Biggsville
6–8West Central Middle Schoolin Stronghurst
9–12West Central High Schoolin Biggsville

Gladstone Township is in West Central Community Unit School District 235.

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.

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

Gladstone Township spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Gladstone TownshipZIP’s residents in Gladstone Township
61437Gladstone, IL78%100%
61418Biggsville, IL12%15%
61425Carman, IL9%20%

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 Gladstone Township

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

The Gladstone water system (EPA ID IL0710020). 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 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Gladstone Township?

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 Gladstone Township?

MTC Communications, Sparklight, Frontier, T-Mobile, Nextlink, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Gladstone Township?

61437 (78%), 61418 (12%), 61425 (9%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Gladstone Township in?

West Central Community Unit School District 235.

How do I register to vote in Gladstone 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 Henderson 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.