Photo: Ben Jacobson (Kranar Drogin) · CC BY 2.5Living in Rockvale Township, IL: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Rockvale Township goes to 61061 (72% of residents), one of 3 ZIP codes in town. The nearest emergency room is Rochelle Community Hospital, 17.8 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Rockvale 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 Rockvale Township.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Rockvale Township. Its homes paid an average of 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $107 a month (its average across Illinois, for customers on its standard service). Illinois lets you buy power from another supplier; 20% of Commonwealth Edison’s home customers do, and Commonwealth Edison still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Prairie Path Water Company-Rockvale
Prairie Path Water Company-Rockvale supplies Rockvale Township: about 8% of residents live in its service area. Byron serves another 7%. About 85% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 298 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.0 ppb. That’s higher than 67% 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. IL1415350.
Which providers serve Rockvale Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Rockvale 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.
We don’t have Rockvale Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Rockvale Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Rockvale Township (56%) is in Oregon Community Unit School District 220; parts are in Byron Community Unit School District 226 (38%) and Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221 (6%).
A−School 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.
Rockvale Township spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Rockvale Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Rockvale Township | ZIP’s residents in Rockvale Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61061 | Oregon, IL | 72% | 18% |
| 61010 | Byron, IL | 26% | 6% |
| 61054 | Mount Morris, IL | 2% | 1% |
A few homes fall in 61047.
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 Rockvale Township
Who supplies Rockvale Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Prairie Path Water Company-Rockvale (EPA ID IL1415350). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.7 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Rockvale Township?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Rockvale Township?
61061 (72%), 61010 (26%), 61054 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Rockvale Township in?
Oregon Community Unit School District 220. Parts of the city are in Byron Community Unit School District 226 and Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221.
How do I register to vote in Rockvale 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 Ogle 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.