Union Miners Cemetery · Photo: Peter Greenberg · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Mount Olive Township, IL: what to set up and who to call
The Mount Olive water system reported 3 health-based violations to EPA in the last five years: a surface water treatment requirement (Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule) ×3. 78% of systems its size reported none. For emergencies, Mount Olive Township is closest to Community Hospital of Staunton, 4 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Mount Olive Township, 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 Mount Olive Township.
Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company
Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Mount Olive 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.
Water comes from Mount Olive water system
The Mount Olive water system supplies Mount Olive Township: about 67% of residents live in its service area. Sawyerville serves another 10%. White City serves another 5%. About 18% 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 Litchfield as seller) and serves 2,193 people in all.
3 health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a surface water treatment requirement (Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule) ×3, the latest beginning Dec 2025. 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people had none.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2026, was 9.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 98% 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. IL1170700.
8 home internet providers serve Mount Olive Township
100% of 1,610 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 85% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Communications | Cable, Fiber, DSL | 90% | 1,000/150 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 80% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Conxxus | Fiber | 8% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Nextlink | Fixed wireless | 98% | 1,000/500 |
| Wisper | Fixed wireless | 95% | 400/30 |
| Royell Communications | Fixed wireless | 90% | 25/5 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Mount Olive Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Mount Olive Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Mount Olive Township (78%) is in Mount Olive Community Unit School District 5; parts are in Staunton Community Unit School District 6 (11%) and Gillespie Community Unit School District 7 (11%).
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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Mount Olive Township spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Mount Olive Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Mount Olive Township | ZIP’s residents in Mount Olive Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62069 | Mount Olive, IL | 83% | 83% |
| 62088 | Staunton, IL | 9% | 4% |
| 62085 | Sawyerville, IL | 8% | 95% |
A few homes fall in 62009.
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.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Mount Olive Township
Who supplies Mount Olive Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Mount Olive water system (EPA ID IL1170700). It reported 3 health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a surface water treatment requirement (Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule) ×3. 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 9.9 ppb (Jan–Jun 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Mount Olive 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 Mount Olive Township?
Madison Communications, Frontier, Conxxus, Nextlink, Wisper, Royell Communications (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Mount Olive Township?
62069 (83%), 62088 (9%), 62085 (8%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Mount Olive Township in?
Mount Olive Community Unit School District 5. Parts of the city are in Staunton Community Unit School District 6 and Gillespie Community Unit School District 7.
How do I register to vote in Mount Olive 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 Macoupin 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.