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The McClellan Township handbook

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

McClellan Township spans 3 ZIP codes; 62864 holds the most residents (76%). C.E. Brehm Memorial Public Library District, 6.2 miles away, is the closest library to McClellan Township.

I’m new in town

What to set up in McClellan 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 McClellan Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company

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

The Mount Vernon water system supplies McClellan Township: about 8% of residents live in its service area. About 88% 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 Rend Lake Inter-City Water System as seller) and serves 15,793 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 percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.

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. IL0810300.

Internet

Which providers serve McClellan Township

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in McClellan Township, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.

Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.

Trash & recycling

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

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in McClellan Township.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in McClellan 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.

McClellan Township kids go to
K–8McClellan Elementary SchoolMcClellan Community Consolidated School District 12
9–12Mount Vernon High SchoolMount Vernon Township High School District 201

McClellan Township is in Mount Vernon Township High School District 201; parts are in McClellan Community Consolidated School District 12 (44%) and Waltonville Community Unit School District 1 (31%) and Woodlawn Unit District 209 (21%) and Woodlawn Unit District 209 (KG-8) in Mount Vernon (5%).

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

McClellan Township spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of McClellan TownshipZIP’s residents in McClellan Township
62864Mount Vernon, IL76%4%
62894Waltonville, IL22%28%
62816Bonnie, IL2%2%

A few homes fall in 62898.

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 McClellan Township

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

The Mount Vernon water system (EPA ID IL0810300). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in McClellan Township?

Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 16.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What ZIP codes are in McClellan Township?

62864 (76%), 62894 (22%), 62816 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is McClellan Township in?

Mount Vernon Township High School District 201. Parts of the city are in McClellan Community Consolidated School District 12 and Waltonville Community Unit School District 1 and Woodlawn Unit District 209 and Woodlawn Unit District 209 (KG-8) in Mount Vernon.

How do I register to vote in McClellan 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 Jefferson 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): pending.