Photo: User:Visviva · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Hancock Township, IL: what to set up and who to call
Two school districts split the grades in Hancock Township: Illini West High School District 307 and Carthage Elementary School District 317. Memorial Hospital, 7.7 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hancock 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 Hancock Township.
Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company
Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Hancock 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.
Which providers serve Hancock Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Hancock 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 Hancock Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Hancock Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Hancock Township is in two districts that split the grades: Illini West High School District 307 and Carthage Elementary School District 317.
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.
Hancock Township spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Hancock Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hancock Township | ZIP’s residents in Hancock Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62321 | Carthage, IL | 45% | 3% |
| 62374 | Tennessee, IL | 32% | 29% |
| 62326 | Colchester, IL | 12% | 1% |
| 62367 | Plymouth, IL | 11% | 2% |
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 Hancock Township
Who provides electricity in Hancock 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 Hancock Township?
62321 (45%), 62374 (32%), 62326 (12%), 62367 (11%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hancock Township in?
Illini West High School District 307 and Carthage Elementary School District 317. Parts of the city are in La Harpe Community School District 347 and West Prairie Community Unit School District 103.
How do I register to vote in Hancock 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 Hancock County Clerk. Check your registration at ova.elections.il.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- 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.