Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Living in North City, IL: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in most of North City comes from Greenwood-Creek Nation Water Company, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection. Sparklight is the only wired internet provider that reaches most of North City.
I’m new in town
What to set up in North City, 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 North City.
Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company
Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of North City. 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 Greenwood-Creek Nation Water Company
Greenwood-Creek Nation Water Company supplies North City: about 55% of residents live in its service area. North City serves another 33%. About 13% 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 2,530 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.4 ppb. 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. IL0555200.
7 home internet providers serve North City
99% of 293 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 46% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sparklight | Cable | 96% | 1,000/50 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 48% | 7,000/7,000 |
| ClearWave | Fiber | 3% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 73% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 22% | 100/20 |
| Wisper | Fixed wireless | 12% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have North City’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in North City.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of North City (94%) is in Christopher Community Unit School District 99; parts are in Sesser-Valier Community Unit School District 196 (6%).
Test scores and every school: see 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.
North City spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where North City residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of North City | ZIP’s residents in North City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62825 | Coello, IL | 38% | 100% |
| 62822 | Christopher, IL | 36% | 7% |
| 62865 | Mulkeytown, IL | 15% | 4% |
| 62812 | Benton, IL | 11% | 1% |
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 North City
Who supplies North City’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Greenwood-Creek Nation Water Company (EPA ID IL0555200). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in North City?
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 North City?
Sparklight, Frontier, ClearWave, Verizon, AT&T, Wisper (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in North City?
62825 (38%), 62822 (36%), 62865 (15%), 62812 (11%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is North City in?
Christopher Community Unit School District 99. Parts of the city are in Sesser-Valier Community Unit School District 196.
How do I register to vote in North City?
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 Franklin 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.