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Brookville, Indiana (2023)Photo: Warren LeMay · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Brookville handbook

Living in Brookville, IN: what to set up and who to call

All of Brookville gets its mail under one ZIP code, 47012. The closest ER is Margaret Mary Community Hospital, 14.1 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Brookville, 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 Brookville.

Electricity

Power comes from Duke Energy

Duke Energy (Duke Energy Indiana, LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Brookville. Its homes paid an average of 15.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $149 a month (its average across Indiana).

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 Franklin County Water Association

Franklin County Water Association supplies Brookville: about 57% of residents live in its service area. Brookville Water Works serves another 22%. About 35% 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 8,200 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 percentile2.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.4 ppb. That’s higher than 67% 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. IN5224002.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Brookville

100% of 1,191 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 98% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Miles CommunicationsFiber, Cable96%1,000/1,000
FrontierFiber, DSL81%7,000/7,000
SpectrumFiber35%1,000/1,000
T-MobileFixed wireless78%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless50%25/3
VerizonFixed wireless46%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Brookville’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Brookville.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Brookville kids go to
PK–63 schoolsDepends on your address
7–8Franklin County Middle SchoolFranklin County Community School Corporation
9–12Franklin County HighFranklin County Community School Corporation

Brookville is in Franklin County Community School Corporation.

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 Jul 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Brookville is in ZIP code 47012

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of BrookvilleZIP’s residents in Brookville
47012Brookville, IN100%26%
Area code765Wikidata

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 Brookville

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

Franklin County Water Association (EPA ID IN5224002). 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 2.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Brookville?

Duke Energy (Duke Energy Indiana, LLC), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 15.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Brookville?

Miles Communications, Frontier, Spectrum, T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Brookville?

47012. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Brookville in?

Franklin County Community School Corporation.

How do I register to vote in Brookville?

In Indiana you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before). Elections here are run by the Franklin Circuit Court Clerk. Check your registration at indianavoters.in.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 Nov 18, 2024 (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.