Living in Thompson Township, IL: what to set up and who to call
Thompson Township spans 4 ZIP codes; 61001 holds the most residents (75%). Midwest Medical Center, 11.3 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Thompson 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 Thompson Township.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Thompson Township. Its homes paid an average of 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $107 a month (its average across Illinois, for customers on its standard service). Illinois lets you buy power from another supplier; 20% of Commonwealth Edison’s home customers do, and Commonwealth Edison still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Prairie Path Water Company-Apple Canyon
Prairie Path Water Company-Apple Canyon supplies Thompson Township: about 42% of residents live in its service area. About 58% 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 931 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 3.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 86% 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. IL0855150.
4 home internet providers serve Thompson Township
100% of 1,171 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jo-Carroll Energy, Inc. (NFP) | Fiber | 100% | 1,000/1,000 |
| JCWIFI.com | Fixed wireless | 91% | 200/200 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 54% | 100/20 |
| Nextlink | Fixed wireless | 51% | 500/200 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Thompson Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Thompson Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Thompson Township (37%) is in Scales Mound Community Unit School District 211; parts are in Stockton Community Unit School District 206 (33%) and Warren Community Unit School District 205 (21%) and River Ridge Community Unit School District 210 (8%).
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.
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.
Thompson Township spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Thompson Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Thompson Township | ZIP’s residents in Thompson Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61001 | Apple River, IL | 75% | 55% |
| 61028 | Elizabeth, IL | 12% | 6% |
| 61075 | Scales Mound, IL | 9% | 8% |
| 61085 | Stockton, IL | 3% | 1% |
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 Thompson Township
Who supplies Thompson Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Prairie Path Water Company-Apple Canyon (EPA ID IL0855150). 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 3.6 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Thompson Township?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Thompson Township?
Jo-Carroll Energy, Inc. (NFP), JCWIFI.com, T-Mobile, Nextlink (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Thompson Township?
61001 (75%), 61028 (12%), 61075 (9%), 61085 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Thompson Township in?
Scales Mound Community Unit School District 211. Parts of the city are in Stockton Community Unit School District 206 and Warren Community Unit School District 205 and River Ridge Community Unit School District 210.
How do I register to vote in Thompson 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 Jo Daviess 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.