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The Loami Township handbook

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

Loami Township spans 2 ZIP codes; 62661 holds the most residents (98%). The ER is a drive from Loami Township: the closest is St. Johns Hospital, 15.2 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Loami 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 Loami Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company

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

The Loami water system supplies Loami Township: about 74% of residents live in its service area. About 26% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Chatham and Springfield as sellers) and serves 812 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.5 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 62% 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. IL1670700.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Loami Township

79% of 529 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Mediacom XtreamCable72%1,000/50
FrontierDSL55%90/5
Rise BroadbandFixed wireless89%50/10
T-MobileFixed wireless61%100/20
Illinois NetFixed wireless14%25/5
Royell CommunicationsFixed wireless8%25/5

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Loami Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Loami Township.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Loami Township or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Loami Township kids go to
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your address
7–122 schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Loami Township (62%) is in New Berlin CUSD 16; parts are in Waverly Community Unit School District 6 (24%) and Auburn Community Unit School District 10 (14%).

C+School 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

Loami Township spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Loami TownshipZIP’s residents in Loami Township
62661Loami, IL98%85%
62615Auburn, IL1%0%

A few homes fall in 62692.

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 Loami Township

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

The Loami water system (EPA ID IL1670700). 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 1.5 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Loami 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 Loami Township?

Mediacom Xtream, Frontier, Rise Broadband, T-Mobile, Illinois Net, Royell Communications (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Loami Township?

62661 (98%), 62615 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Loami Township in?

New Berlin CUSD 16. Parts of the city are in Waverly Community Unit School District 6 and Auburn Community Unit School District 10.

How do I register to vote in Loami 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 Sangamon 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.