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The Havana Township handbook

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

Every home in Havana Township is in ZIP code 62644. Mason District Hospital, 3 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Havana 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 Havana Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company

Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Havana 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 Havana water system

The Havana water system supplies Havana Township: about 67% of residents live in its service area. About 33% 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 2,963 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.

Lead, 90th percentile2.9 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2026–Dec 2028, was 2.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.6 ppb. That’s higher than 81% 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. IL1250200.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Havana Township

93% of 2,379 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 92% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Cass Cable TVFiber, Fixed wireless, Cable94%2,000/2,000
BrightspeedDSL, Fixed wireless30%60/5
NextlinkFixed wireless40%800/400
VerizonFixed wireless15%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless5%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 Havana Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Havana Township.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Havana Township kids go to
K–4New Central Elem SchoolHavana Community Unit School District 126
5–8Havana Jr High SchoolHavana Community Unit School District 126
9–12Havana High SchoolHavana Community Unit School District 126

Most of Havana Township (92%) is in Havana Community Unit School District 126; parts are in Illini Central Community Unit School District 189 (7%).

BSchool gradeSee 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

Havana Township is in ZIP code 62644

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Havana TownshipZIP’s residents in Havana Township
62644Havana, IL99%92%

A few homes fall in 62633, 61567.

Area code309Wikidata

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 Havana Township

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

The Havana water system (EPA ID IL1250200). 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 2.9 ppb (Jan 2026–Dec 2028), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Havana 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 Havana Township?

Cass Cable TV, Brightspeed, Nextlink, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Havana Township?

62644. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Havana Township in?

Havana Community Unit School District 126. Parts of the city are in Illini Central Community Unit School District 189.

How do I register to vote in Havana 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 Mason 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.