Photo: user:Starkin · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Greenup Township, IL: what to set up and who to call
Greenup Township runs its own electric utility, Village of Greenup. The Greenup water system has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 13.5 ppb, was higher than 99% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15).
I’m new in town
What to set up in Greenup 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 Greenup Township.
Power comes from Village of Greenup
Village of Greenup (Village of Greenup - (IL)), a municipal utility, serves 60.5% of Greenup Township residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Greenup water system
The Greenup water system supplies Greenup Township: about 58% of residents live in its service area. EJ Water Cooperative serves another 34%. About 8% 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 1,513 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–Dec 2025, was 13.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 99% 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. IL0350050.
8 home internet providers serve Greenup Township
90% of 1,221 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 47% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mediacom Xtream | Cable, Fiber | 63% | 1,000/50 |
| Frontier | DSL | 62% | 90/5 |
| Conxxus | Fiber | 44% | 8,000/8,000 |
| GigFire | Fixed wireless | 76% | 150/130 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 72% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 61% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Greenup Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Greenup Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Greenup Township (99%) is in Cumberland Community Unit School District 77.
BSchool 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.
Greenup Township spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Greenup Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Greenup Township | ZIP’s residents in Greenup Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62428 | Greenup, IL | 98% | 76% |
| 62468 | Toledo, IL | 1% | 1% |
A few homes fall in 62432.
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 Greenup Township
Who supplies Greenup Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Greenup water system (EPA ID IL0350050). 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 13.5 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Greenup Township?
Village of Greenup (Village of Greenup - (IL)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Greenup Township?
Mediacom Xtream, Frontier, Conxxus, GigFire, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Greenup Township?
62428 (98%), 62468 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Greenup Township in?
Cumberland Community Unit School District 77.
How do I register to vote in Greenup 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 Cumberland 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.