Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Patoka Township, IN: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Patoka Township goes to 47598 (82% of residents), one of 3 ZIP codes in town. The ER is a drive from Patoka Township: the closest is Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center, 16.6 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Patoka 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 Patoka Township.
Power comes from Duke Energy
Duke Energy (Duke Energy Indiana, LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves 99.0% of Patoka Township residents. 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 Winslow Water Works
Winslow Water Works supplies Patoka Township: about 45% of residents live in its service area. Pike-Gibson Water, Inc. serves another 14%. About 41% 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 Pike-Gibson Water, Inc. as seller) and serves 1,010 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–Dec 2023, was 3.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.4 ppb. That’s higher than 86% 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. IN5263006.
6 home internet providers serve Patoka Township
89% of 1,440 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 28% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier | DSL | 69% | 90/5 |
| Sparklight | Cable | 64% | 1,000/50 |
| Spectrum | Fiber, Cable | 28% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 80% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 22% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 4% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Patoka Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Patoka Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Patoka Township is in Pike County School Corporation.
B−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 2017; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Patoka Township spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Patoka Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Patoka Township | ZIP’s residents in Patoka Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47598 | Winslow, IN | 82% | 75% |
| 47567 | Petersburg, IN | 14% | 7% |
| 47660 | Oakland City, IN | 3% | 2% |
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 Patoka Township
Who supplies Patoka Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Winslow Water Works (EPA ID IN5263006). 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 3.3 ppb (Jan–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Patoka 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 Patoka Township?
Frontier, Sparklight, Spectrum, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Patoka Township?
47598 (82%), 47567 (14%), 47660 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Patoka Township in?
Pike County School Corporation.
How do I register to vote in Patoka 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 Pike 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.