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The Scott Township handbook

Living in Scott Township, IL: what to set up and who to call

Scott Township spans 4 ZIP codes; 61875 holds the most residents (49%). Frontier is the only wired internet provider that reaches most of Scott Township.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Scott Township, 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 Scott Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company

Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Scott 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Il American-Champaign water system

The Il American-Champaign water system supplies Scott Township: about 43% of residents live in its service area. Seymour Water District serves another 31%. About 26% 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 150,000 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.

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

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2026, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 7.0 ppb. That’s lower than 59% 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. IL0195300.

Internet

10 home internet providers serve Scott Township

88% of 513 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 3% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
FrontierDSL60%115/7
XfinityCable42%1,200/35
Pavlov MediaFiber3%1,000/1,000
Rise BroadbandFixed wireless88%100/20
NextlinkFixed wireless60%500/100
Mediacom BoltFixed wireless58%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 Scott Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Scott Township.

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

Scott Township kids go to
PK–2Middletown Prairie Elementaryin Mahomet
3–5Lincoln Trail Elem Schoolin Mahomet
6–8Mahomet-Seymour Jr High Schoolin Mahomet
9–12Mahomet-Seymour High Schoolin Mahomet

Most of Scott Township (67%) is in Mahomet-Seymour Community Unit School District 3; parts are in Champaign Community Unit School District 4 (18%) and Monticello Community Unit School District 25 (14%).

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.

Government & voting

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.

ZIP codes & area codes

Scott Township spans 4 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Scott Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Scott TownshipZIP’s residents in Scott Township
61875Seymour, IL49%61%
61815Bondville, IL34%100%
61822Champaign, IL16%1%
61884White Heath, IL1%1%

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 Scott Township

Who supplies Scott Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Il American-Champaign water system (EPA ID IL0195300). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb (Jan–Jun 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Scott 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 Scott Township?

Frontier, Xfinity, Pavlov Media, Rise Broadband, Nextlink, Mediacom Bolt (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Scott Township?

61875 (49%), 61815 (34%), 61822 (16%), 61884 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Scott Township in?

Mahomet-Seymour Community Unit School District 3. Parts of the city are in Champaign Community Unit School District 4 and Monticello Community Unit School District 25.

How do I register to vote in Scott 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 Champaign 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.