Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Ireland, IN: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in Ireland comes from Ireland Utilities, Inc., which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection. For a library card, the closest branch is Jasper-Dubois County Contractual Public Library, 4.2 miles out.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Ireland, 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 Ireland.
Power comes from Duke Energy
Duke Energy (Duke Energy Indiana, LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Ireland. 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.
Water comes from Ireland Utilities, Inc.
Ireland Utilities, Inc. supplies almost all of Ireland. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Jasper Municipal Water Utility and Patoka Lake Regional Water as sellers) and serves 4,395 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. 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. IN5219008.
7 home internet providers serve Ireland
100% of 63 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County REMC | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 100% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Spectrum | Cable | 86% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | DSL | 71% | 10/1 |
| Watch Communications | Fiber | 57% | 1,000/500 |
| Perry-Spencer Rural Telephone Cooperative | Fiber | 10% | 1,000/100 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 67% | 25/6 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Ireland’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Ireland.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Ireland is in Greater Jasper Consolidated Schools.
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.
No town hall: the county runs things
Ireland is unincorporated, so the county is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2020; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ireland is in ZIP code 47546
ZIP codes where Ireland residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Ireland | ZIP’s residents in Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47546 | Jasper, IN | 100% | 1% |
47545 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.
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 Ireland
Who supplies Ireland’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Ireland Utilities, Inc. (EPA ID IN5219008). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Ireland?
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 Ireland?
Orange County REMC, Spectrum, Frontier, Watch Communications, Perry-Spencer Rural Telephone Cooperative, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Ireland?
47546. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Ireland in?
Greater Jasper Consolidated Schools.
How do I register to vote in Ireland?
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.