Photo: Jaylon Vermost · CC BY 4.0Living in Kewanee, IL: what to set up and who to call
Every home in Kewanee is in ZIP code 61443. Trains stop in Kewanee.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Kewanee, 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 Kewanee.
Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company
Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Kewanee. 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.
Water comes from Kewanee water system
The Kewanee water system supplies almost all of Kewanee. 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.
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.
5 home internet providers serve Kewanee
100% of 5,430 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 96% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 1,200/35 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 89% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Cambridge Telcom Services | Fiber | 48% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Nextlink | Fixed wireless | 81% | 200/50 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 77% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Kewanee is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Kewanee, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (Mon, Tue, Wed or Thu)Find your street’s day on cityofkewanee.com →
- RecyclingEvery other week, same day as trashCheck which week on cityofkewanee.com →
- Bulky itemsEvery week
Kewanee Transfer Station
194 Fischer Ave, Kewanee IL 61443
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Accepted at the curb
- Glass containers: clear, brown, green or blue
- Aluminum, steel, tin cans of all types
- Paper cups
From cityofkewanee.com, cms5.revize.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2025. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Kewanee (64%) is in Kewanee Community Unit School District 229; parts are in Wethersfield Community Unit School District 230 (36%).
CSchool 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 Sep 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Kewanee is in ZIP code 61443
ZIP codes where Kewanee residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Kewanee | ZIP’s residents in Kewanee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61443 | Kewanee, IL | 100% | 91% |
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.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Kewanee
Who supplies Kewanee’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?
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?
Xfinity, Frontier, Cambridge Telcom Services, Nextlink, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Kewanee?
61443. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Kewanee in?
Kewanee Community Unit School District 229. Parts of the city are in Wethersfield Community Unit School District 230.
How do I register to vote in Kewanee?
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’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.