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The Kewanee Township handbook

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

All of Kewanee Township gets its mail under one ZIP code, 61443. Trains stop in Kewanee Township, at Kewanee.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Kewanee 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 Kewanee Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company

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

The Kewanee water system supplies Kewanee Township: about 95% of residents live in its service area. About 5% 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 12,509 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile3.3 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 3.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 7.6 ppb. That’s higher than 84% 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. IL0730650.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Kewanee Township

99% of 4,327 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 91% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable95%1,200/35
FrontierFiber, DSL83%2,000/2,000
Cambridge Telcom ServicesFiber46%1,000/1,000
VerizonFixed wireless86%300/20
NextlinkFixed wireless82%200/50

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

Trash & recycling

Curbside recycling in Kewanee Township: every other week, same day as trash

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Kewanee Township, from the town’s own site.

Curbside recyclingEvery other week, same day as trashRecycling picked up at the curbcityofkewanee.com
What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Steel & Aluminum Cans, Containers, & Foil
  • Cardboard (Flattened)
  • Office Paper
  • Newspaper
  • Magazines
  • Paper Cups
  • Cartons

We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check cityofkewanee.com →

From cityofkewanee.com, cms5.revize.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Kewanee Township kids go to
K–1Belle Alexander Elem SchoolKewanee Community Unit School District 229
2–3Irving Elem SchoolKewanee Community Unit School District 229
7–8Central Junior HighKewanee Community Unit School District 229
9–12Kewanee High SchoolKewanee Community Unit School District 229

Most of Kewanee Township (99%) is in Kewanee Community Unit School District 229.

CSchool 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 Sep 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Kewanee Township is in ZIP code 61443

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Kewanee TownshipZIP’s residents in Kewanee Township
61443Kewanee, IL100%71%
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.

Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Kewanee Township

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

The Kewanee water system (EPA ID IL0730650). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.3 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Kewanee 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 Kewanee Township?

Xfinity, Frontier, Cambridge Telcom Services, Verizon, Nextlink (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Kewanee Township?

61443. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Kewanee Township in?

Kewanee Community Unit School District 229.

How do I register to vote in Kewanee 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 Henry 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: Kewanee Township’s own website (cityofkewanee.com, cms5.revize.com), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
  • 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.