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The Stonington Township handbook

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

Tap water in most of Stonington Township comes from the Stonington 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. Consolidated Communications and Computer Techniques both wire most of Stonington Township; 86% of addresses can get fiber.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Stonington 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 Stonington Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company

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

The Stonington water system supplies Stonington Township: about 69% of residents live in its service area. Sharpsburg and Neighboring Area Water Sy serves another 10%. About 24% 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 932 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

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. IL0210550.

Internet

8 home internet providers serve Stonington Township

94% of 519 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 86% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Consolidated CommunicationsDSL83%250/40
Computer TechniquesFiber82%1,000/1,000
SparklightCable81%1,000/50
Rise BroadbandFixed wireless96%25/5
T-MobileFixed wireless81%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless81%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 Stonington Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Stonington Township.

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

Stonington Township kids go to
PK–2North Elem Schoolin Taylorville
3–4Memorial Elem Schoolin Taylorville
5–8Taylorville Jr High Schoolin Taylorville
9–12Taylorville Sr High Schoolin Taylorville

Most of Stonington Township (94%) is in Taylorville Community Unit School District 3; parts are in Meridian Community Unit School District 15 (6%).

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

Stonington Township spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Stonington TownshipZIP’s residents in Stonington Township
62567Stonington, IL97%96%
62513Blue Mound, IL3%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 Stonington Township

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

The Stonington water system (EPA ID IL0210550). 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 Stonington 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 Stonington Township?

Consolidated Communications, Computer Techniques, Sparklight, Rise Broadband, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Stonington Township?

62567 (97%), 62513 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Stonington Township in?

Taylorville Community Unit School District 3. Parts of the city are in Meridian Community Unit School District 15.

How do I register to vote in Stonington 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 Christian 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.