Rickenbaugh House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainLiving in Oil Township, IN: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Oil Township goes to 47514 (63% of residents), one of 6 ZIP codes in town. Wired internet is thin in Oil Township: the FCC’s map has 55% of addresses able to get it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Oil Township, 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 Oil Township.
Power comes from Duke Energy
Duke Energy (Duke Energy Indiana, LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Oil 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.
Water comes from And-Tro Water Authority - District 1
And-Tro Water Authority - District 1 supplies Oil Township: about 56% of residents live in its service area. About 43% 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 Tell City Water Department as seller) and serves 2,833 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 1.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 56% 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. IN5262001.
3 home internet providers serve Oil Township
56% of 638 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 55% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry-Spencer Rural Telephone Cooperative | Fiber | 85% | 1,000/100 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 23% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 21% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Oil Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Oil Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Oil Township is in Perry Central 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.
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.
Oil Township spans 6 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Oil Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Oil Township | ZIP’s residents in Oil Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47514 | Branchville, IN | 63% | 97% |
| 47576 | Saint Croix, IN | 14% | 94% |
| 47118 | English, IN | 10% | 8% |
| 47551 | Leopold, IN | 7% | 32% |
| 47515 | Bristow, IN | 3% | 10% |
| 47520 | Cannelton, IN | 2% | 2% |
A few homes fall in 47137.
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 Oil Township
Who supplies Oil Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
And-Tro Water Authority - District 1 (EPA ID IN5262001). 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 1.1 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Oil 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 Oil Township?
Perry-Spencer Rural Telephone Cooperative, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Oil Township?
47514 (63%), 47576 (14%), 47118 (10%), 47551 (7%), 47515 (3%), 47520 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Oil Township in?
Perry Central Community School Corporation.
How do I register to vote in Oil 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 Perry 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.