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The Hensley Township handbook

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

Most mail in Hensley Township goes to 46181 (88% of residents), one of 2 ZIP codes in town. Public schools here are run by Nineveh-Hensley-Jackson United School Corporation.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Hensley 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 Hensley Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Duke Energy

Duke Energy (Duke Energy Indiana, LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Hensley 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 Trafalgar Water Department

Trafalgar Water Department supplies Hensley Township: about 32% of residents live in its service area. About 68% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists Brown County Water Utility and Princes Lake Water Department as sellers) and serves 1,490 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.

Lead, 90th percentile4.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2001, was 4.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2001: EPA has no newer result for this system.

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. IN5241014.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Hensley Township

95% of 1,844 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 94% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
JcfiberFiber93%3,000/3,000
BrightspeedDSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless38%80/10
AT&TFixed wireless, DSL, Fiber20%25/3
T-MobileFixed wireless44%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless11%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 Hensley Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Hensley Township.

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

Hensley Township kids go to
PK–2Indian Creek Elementary SchoolNineveh-Hensley-Jackson United School Corporation
3–5Indian Creek Intermediate SchoolNineveh-Hensley-Jackson United School Corporation
6–8Indian Creek Middle SchoolNineveh-Hensley-Jackson United School Corporation
9–12Indian Creek Sr High SchoolNineveh-Hensley-Jackson United School Corporation

Hensley Township is in Nineveh-Hensley-Jackson United 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 Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Hensley Township spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Hensley TownshipZIP’s residents in Hensley Township
46181Trafalgar, IN88%63%
46160Morgantown, IN12%7%

A few homes fall in 46131.

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 Hensley Township

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

Trafalgar Water Department (EPA ID IN5241014). 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 4.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2001), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Hensley 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 Hensley Township?

Jcfiber, Brightspeed, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Hensley Township?

46181 (88%), 46160 (12%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Hensley Township in?

Nineveh-Hensley-Jackson United School Corporation.

How do I register to vote in Hensley 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 Johnson County Board of Voter Registration. 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.