Photo: Nyttend · Public domainLiving in Prairie Township, IN: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Prairie Township goes to 47362 (79% of residents), one of 3 ZIP codes in town. The closest ER is Henry County Memorial Hospital, 4.7 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Prairie 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 Prairie Township.
Power comes from Duke Energy
Duke Energy (Duke Energy Indiana, LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Prairie 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 New Castle Correctional Facility water system
The New Castle Correctional Facility water system supplies Prairie Township: about 50% of residents live in its service area. Mount Summit Water Utility serves another 5%. About 42% 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 New Castle Utilities as seller) and serves 3,160 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 2.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 80% 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. IN5233001.
Which providers serve Prairie Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Prairie 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.
We don’t have Prairie Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Prairie Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Prairie Township is in Blue River Valley Schools.
CSchool 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 Jul 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Prairie Township spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Prairie Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Prairie Township | ZIP’s residents in Prairie Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47362 | New Castle, IN | 79% | 16% |
| 47386 | Springport, IN | 17% | 94% |
| 47361 | Mount Summit, IN | 2% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 47360, 47302.
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 Prairie Township
Who supplies Prairie Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The New Castle Correctional Facility water system (EPA ID IN5233001). 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 2.7 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Prairie 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 Prairie Township?
47362 (79%), 47386 (17%), 47361 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Prairie Township in?
Blue River Valley Schools.
How do I register to vote in Prairie 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 Henry 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): pending.