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The Texas Township handbook

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

Most mail in Texas Township goes to 61727 (90% of residents), one of 2 ZIP codes in town. The closest ER is Warner Hospital and Health Services, 3.5 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Texas 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 Texas Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company

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

The Clinton water system supplies Texas Township: about 38% of residents live in its service area. About 62% 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 7,200 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.

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

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, 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. IL0390050.

Internet

10 home internet providers serve Texas Township

83% of 610 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 60% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
ConxxusFiber53%8,000/8,000
Mediacom XtreamCable, Fiber46%1,000/50
Pavlov MediaFiber40%8,000/8,000
FrontierDSL30%10/1
NextlinkFixed wireless64%1,000/500
Rise BroadbandFixed wireless64%50/10

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Texas Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Texas Township.

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

Texas Township kids go to
PK–13 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
2–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Texas Township (63%) is in Clinton Community Unit School District 15; parts are in Maroa-Forsyth Community Unit School District 2 (37%).

B−School gradeSee 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

Texas Township spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Texas TownshipZIP’s residents in Texas Township
61727Clinton, IL90%12%
61756Maroa, IL10%6%

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 Texas Township

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

The Clinton water system (EPA ID IL0390050). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% 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 Texas 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 Texas Township?

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

What ZIP codes are in Texas Township?

61727 (90%), 61756 (10%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Texas Township in?

Clinton Community Unit School District 15. Parts of the city are in Maroa-Forsyth Community Unit School District 2.

How do I register to vote in Texas 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 DeWitt 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.