Living in Selby Township, IL: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in most of Selby Township comes from the De Pue water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection. Most homes in Selby Township have two wired internet choices, Xfinity and Frontier.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Selby 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 Selby Township.
Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company
Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Selby 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 De Pue water system
The De Pue water system supplies Selby Township: about 79% of residents live in its service area. About 20% 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 1,838 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–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.0 ppb. 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. IL0110300.
6 home internet providers serve Selby Township
88% of 1,034 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 73% | 1,200/35 |
| Frontier | DSL, Fiber | 70% | 10/1 |
| Nextlink | Fixed wireless | 52% | 100/20 |
| Rise Broadband | Fixed wireless | 12% | 25/5 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 5% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 4% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Selby Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Selby Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Selby Township (65%) is in Princeton High School District 500; parts are in Princeton Elementary School District 115 (36%) and Hall High School District 502 (35%) and Malden Community Consolidated School District 84 (24%) and Ladd Community Consolidated School District 94 (17%) and Depue Community Unit School District 103 (12%) and Spring Valley Community Consolidated School District 99 (12%).
B−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.
Selby Township spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Selby Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Selby Township | ZIP’s residents in Selby Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61322 | Depue, IL | 68% | 100% |
| 61356 | Princeton, IL | 31% | 6% |
| 61359 | Seatonville, IL | 1% | 7% |
A few homes fall in 61362.
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 Selby Township
Who supplies Selby Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The De Pue water system (EPA ID IL0110300). 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–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Selby 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 Selby Township?
Xfinity, Frontier, Nextlink, Rise Broadband, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Selby Township?
61322 (68%), 61356 (31%), 61359 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Selby Township in?
Princeton High School District 500. Parts of the city are in Princeton Elementary School District 115 and Hall High School District 502 and Malden Community Consolidated School District 84 and Ladd Community Consolidated School District 94 and Depue Community Unit School District 103 and Spring Valley Community Consolidated School District 99.
How do I register to vote in Selby 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 Bureau 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.