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The Harbison Township handbook

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

Most mail in Harbison Township goes to 47546 (51% of residents), one of 2 ZIP codes in town. The nearest library is Jasper-Dubois County Contractual Public Library, 7.1 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Harbison 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 Harbison Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Duke Energy

Duke Energy (Duke Energy Indiana, LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Harbison Township. 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 Dubois Water Utilities

Dubois Water Utilities supplies Harbison Township: about 9% of residents live in its service area. About 91% 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 Jasper Municipal Water Utility and Patoka Lake Regional Water as sellers) and serves 9,078 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 percentile2.5 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 2.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 76% 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. IN5219002.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Harbison Township

100% of 953 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Orange County REMCFiber, Fixed wireless100%1,000/1,000
FrontierDSL34%90/5
VerizonFixed wireless39%300/20
AT&TFixed wireless19%25/3
T-MobileFixed wireless4%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

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

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Harbison Township.

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

Harbison Township kids go to
PK–2Northeast Dubois Elementary Schoolin Dubois
3–6Northeast Dubois Intermediate SchoolNortheast Dubois County School Corporation
7–12Northeast Dubois Jr/Sr High SchoolNortheast Dubois County School Corporation

Harbison Township is in Northeast Dubois County School Corporation.

ASchool 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 2020; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Harbison Township spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Harbison TownshipZIP’s residents in Harbison Township
47546Jasper, IN51%4%
47527Dubois, IN49%40%

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 Harbison Township

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

Dubois Water Utilities (EPA ID IN5219002). 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 2.5 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Harbison 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 Harbison Township?

Orange County REMC, Frontier, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Harbison Township?

47546 (51%), 47527 (49%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Harbison Township in?

Northeast Dubois County School Corporation.

How do I register to vote in Harbison 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 Dubois County 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.