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The Mount Pulaski handbook

Living in Mount Pulaski, IL: what to set up and who to call

Tap water in Mount Pulaski comes from the Il American-Mount Pulaski water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 1.0 ppb. Children in Mount Pulaski attend Mount Pulaski Community Unit District 23.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Mount Pulaski, 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 Mount Pulaski.

Electricity

Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company

Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Mount Pulaski. 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 Il American-Mount Pulaski water system

The Il American-Mount Pulaski water system supplies almost all of Mount Pulaski. It draws ground water and serves 1,506 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 2025, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 52% 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. IL1070400.

Internet

9 home internet providers serve Mount Pulaski

100% of 729 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Rise BroadbandFiber100%1,000/200
XfinityCable99%1,200/35
ConxxusFiber85%8,000/8,000
FrontierDSL, Fiber85%10/1
Watch CommunicationsFixed wireless94%100/20
T-MobileFixed wireless68%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Mount Pulaski’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Mount Pulaski.

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

Mount Pulaski kids go to
PK–8Mount Pulaski Elem SchoolMount Pulaski Community Unit District 23
9–12Mount Pulaski High SchoolMount Pulaski Community Unit District 23

Mount Pulaski is in Mount Pulaski Community Unit District 23.

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 Sep 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Mount Pulaski is in ZIP code 62548

ZIP codes where Mount Pulaski residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Mount PulaskiZIP’s residents in Mount Pulaski
62548Mount Pulaski, IL100%72%
Area code217Wikidata

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 Mount Pulaski

Who supplies Mount Pulaski’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Il American-Mount Pulaski water system (EPA ID IL1070400). 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 1.0 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Mount Pulaski?

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 Pulaski?

Rise Broadband, Xfinity, Conxxus, Frontier, Watch Communications, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Mount Pulaski?

62548. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Mount Pulaski in?

Mount Pulaski Community Unit District 23.

How do I register to vote in Mount Pulaski?

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 Logan 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.