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The Brown Township handbook

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

Brown Township spans 3 ZIP codes; 46112 holds the most residents (92%). The closest ER is Iu Health West Hospital, 8.1 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Brown 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 Brown Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Duke Energy

Duke Energy (Duke Energy Indiana, LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves 93.7% of Brown Township residents. 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 Brownsburg Water Works

Brownsburg Water Works supplies Brown Township: about 53% of residents live in its service area. Citizens Energy Group serves another 23%. About 24% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Citizens Energy Group as seller) and serves 31,250 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.

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

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.1 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. IN5232002.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Brown Township

99% of 5,347 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 43% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber86%1,000/35
AT&TFixed wireless, Fiber, DSL74%5,000/5,000
XfinityCable17%1,200/35
Endeavor CommunicationsFiber15%1,000/1,000
TDS TelecomFiber, DSL10%1,000/1,000
T-MobileFixed wireless52%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 Brown Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Brown Township.

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

Brown Township kids go to
K–58 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Brownsburg High Schoolin Brownsburg

Brown Township is in Brownsburg Community School Corporation.

A+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 Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Brown Township spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Brown TownshipZIP’s residents in Brown Township
46112Brownsburg, IN92%32%
46167Pittsboro, IN4%8%
46278Indianapolis, IN3%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 Brown Township

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

Brownsburg Water Works (EPA ID IN5232002). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Brown Township?

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 Brown Township?

Spectrum, AT&T, Xfinity, Endeavor Communications, TDS Telecom, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Brown Township?

46112 (92%), 46167 (4%), 46278 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Brown Township in?

Brownsburg Community School Corporation.

How do I register to vote in Brown Township?

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 Hendricks County Voter Registration Office. 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.