Living in Prairie Du Long Township, IL: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in most of Prairie Du Long Township comes from the Smithton water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection. Two school districts split the grades in Prairie Du Long Township: Freeburg Community High School District 77 and New Athens Community Unit School District 60.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Prairie Du Long 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 Prairie Du Long Township.
Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company
Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Prairie Du Long 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 Smithton water system
The Smithton water system supplies Prairie Du Long Township: about 68% of residents live in its service area. About 29% 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 S L M Water Commission and Fsh Water Commission as sellers) and serves 4,381 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–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. IL1631300.
6 home internet providers serve Prairie Du Long Township
92% of 1,178 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mediacom Xtream | Cable | 52% | 1,000/50 |
| Frontier | DSL | 35% | 70/3 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL, Fiber | 15% | 25/5 |
| Wisper | Fixed wireless | 86% | 400/30 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 27% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 11% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Prairie Du Long Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Prairie Du Long Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Prairie Du Long Township is in two districts that split the grades: Freeburg Community High School District 77 and New Athens Community Unit School District 60.
ASchool 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 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Prairie Du Long Township spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Prairie Du Long Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Prairie Du Long Township | ZIP’s residents in Prairie Du Long Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62285 | Smithton, IL | 83% | 46% |
| 62264 | New Athens, IL | 12% | 10% |
| 62298 | Waterloo, IL | 4% | 1% |
| 62243 | Freeburg, IL | 1% | 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 Prairie Du Long Township
Who supplies Prairie Du Long Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Smithton water system (EPA ID IL1631300). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Prairie Du Long 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 Prairie Du Long Township?
Mediacom Xtream, Frontier, AT&T, Wisper, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Prairie Du Long Township?
62285 (83%), 62264 (12%), 62298 (4%), 62243 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Prairie Du Long Township in?
Freeburg Community High School District 77 and New Athens Community Unit School District 60. Parts of the city are in Smithton Community Consolidated School District 130 and Freeburg Community Consolidated School District 70 and Waterloo Community Unit School District 5.
How do I register to vote in Prairie Du Long 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 St. Clair 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.