Living in Sand Ridge Township, IL: what to set up and who to call
Sand Ridge Township spans 3 ZIP codes; 62966 holds the most residents (50%). Children in Sand Ridge Township attend Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Sand Ridge 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 Sand Ridge Township.
Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company
Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Sand Ridge 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 Gorham water system
The Gorham water system supplies Sand Ridge Township: about 18% of residents live in its service area. About 82% 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 Kinkaid Area Water System as seller) and serves 1,143 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. 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. IL0770350.
8 home internet providers serve Sand Ridge Township
70% of 379 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 3% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier | DSL | 55% | 90/5 |
| Zito Media | Cable | 18% | 1,000/25 |
| Egyptian Telephone Cooperative Association | DSL, Fiber | 13% | 50/50 |
| ClearWave | Fiber | 3% | 7,000/7,000 |
| BLIP Networks | Fixed wireless | 51% | 500/500 |
| Wisper | Fixed wireless | 45% | 400/30 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Sand Ridge Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Sand Ridge Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Sand Ridge Township is in Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186.
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.
Sand Ridge Township spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Sand Ridge Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Sand Ridge Township | ZIP’s residents in Sand Ridge Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62966 | Murphysboro, IL | 50% | 3% |
| 62940 | Gorham, IL | 49% | 88% |
| 62907 | Ava, IL | 1% | 0% |
A few homes fall in 62975.
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 Sand Ridge Township
Who supplies Sand Ridge Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Gorham water system (EPA ID IL0770350). 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 Sand Ridge 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 Sand Ridge Township?
Frontier, Zito Media, Egyptian Telephone Cooperative Association, ClearWave, BLIP Networks, Wisper (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Sand Ridge Township?
62966 (50%), 62940 (49%), 62907 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Sand Ridge Township in?
Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186.
How do I register to vote in Sand Ridge 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 Jackson 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.