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The Manchester Township handbook

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

Manchester Township spans 6 ZIP codes; 47001 holds the most residents (51%). The closest ER is St. Elizabeth Dearborn Hospital, 7.3 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Manchester 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 Manchester Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Duke Energy

Duke Energy (Duke Energy Indiana, LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Manchester 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 L-M-S Conservancy District

L-M-S Conservancy District supplies Manchester Township: about 11% of residents live in its service area. About 89% 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 5,375 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 percentile1.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 1.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 64% 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. IN5215007.

Internet

Which providers serve Manchester Township

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Manchester Township, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.

Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.

Trash & recycling

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

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Manchester Township.

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

Manchester Township kids go to
K–6Manchester Elementary SchoolSouth Dearborn Community School Corporation
7–8South Dearborn Middle Schoolin Aurora
9–12South Dearborn High Schoolin Aurora

Manchester Township is in South Dearborn Community School Corporation.

C+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

Manchester Township spans 6 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Manchester TownshipZIP’s residents in Manchester Township
47001Aurora, IN51%16%
47041Sunman, IN22%12%
47031Milan, IN13%8%
47022Guilford, IN7%8%
47025Lawrenceburg, IN6%1%
47032Moores Hill, IN1%1%

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 Manchester Township

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

L-M-S Conservancy District (EPA ID IN5215007). 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 1.8 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Manchester Township?

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

What ZIP codes are in Manchester Township?

47001 (51%), 47041 (22%), 47031 (13%), 47022 (7%), 47025 (6%), 47032 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Manchester Township in?

South Dearborn Community School Corporation.

How do I register to vote in Manchester 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 Dearborn 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): pending.