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The Secor handbook

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

An EPA health-based violation from 2024 is still open for the Secor water system. The nearest library is El Paso District Library, 6.1 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Secor, 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 Secor.

Electricity

Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company

Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Secor. 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 Secor water system

The Secor water system supplies almost all of Secor. It draws ground water and serves 351 people in all.

12 health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: arsenic ×10, a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule), a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), the latest beginning Jan 2026. 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people had none. 1 older violation is still open, since 2024: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), per EPA’s records.

Lead, 90th percentile1.5 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2026–Dec 2028, was 1.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 19.0 ppb. That’s higher than 65% 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. IL2030600.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Secor

100% of 186 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 12% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Mediacom XtreamCable, Fiber98%1,000/50
FrontierDSL84%90/5
Rise BroadbandFixed wireless99%25/5
VerizonFixed wireless85%300/20
NextlinkFixed wireless15%300/100
AT&TFixed wireless7%25/3

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Secor’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Secor.

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

Secor kids go to
PK–2Jefferson Park Schoolin El Paso
3–4Centennial Schoolin El Paso
5–8EPG Middle Schoolin Gridley
9–12El Paso-Gridley High Schoolin El Paso

Secor is in El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District 11.

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 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Secor is in ZIP code 61771

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of SecorZIP’s residents in Secor
61771Secor, IL100%34%
Area code309Wikidata

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 Secor

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

The Secor water system (EPA ID IL2030600). It reported 12 health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026: arsenic ×10, a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule), a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions). 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.5 ppb (Jan 2026–Dec 2028), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Secor?

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 Secor?

Mediacom Xtream, Frontier, Rise Broadband, Verizon, Nextlink, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Secor?

61771. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Secor in?

El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District 11.

How do I register to vote in Secor?

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 Woodford 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.