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The Loda Township handbook

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

Most mail in Loda Township goes to 60948 (97% of residents), one of 2 ZIP codes in town. The nearest emergency room is Gibson Community Hospital, 17 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Loda 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 Loda Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company

Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Loda 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 Lake Iroquois Association

Lake Iroquois Association supplies Loda Township: about 46% of residents live in its service area. Loda serves another 22%. Bayles Lake Lot Owners Association serves another 6%. About 30% 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 800 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 percentile2.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 70% 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. IL0755200.

Internet

10 home internet providers serve Loda Township

94% of 887 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 83% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Mediacom XtreamCable, Fiber86%1,000/50
ConxxusFiber78%8,000/8,000
Pavlov MediaFiber60%8,000/8,000
FrontierDSL48%10/1
Watch CommunicationsFixed wireless94%100/20
Rise BroadbandFixed wireless63%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 Loda Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Loda Township.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Loda Township kids go to
PK–5Clara Peterson Elem Schoolin Paxton
6–8Paxton-Buckley-Loda Jr High Schin Paxton
9–12Paxton-Buckley-Loda High Schoolin Paxton

Most of Loda Township (99%) is in Paxton-Buckley-Loda Community Unit School District 10.

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

Loda Township spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Loda TownshipZIP’s residents in Loda Township
60948Loda, IL97%93%
60918Buckley, IL3%6%

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 Loda Township

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

Lake Iroquois Association (EPA ID IL0755200). 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 2.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Loda 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 Loda Township?

Mediacom Xtream, Conxxus, Pavlov Media, Frontier, Watch Communications, Rise Broadband (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Loda Township?

60948 (97%), 60918 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Loda Township in?

Paxton-Buckley-Loda Community Unit School District 10.

How do I register to vote in Loda 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 Iroquois 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.