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The Blendon Township handbook

Living in Blendon Township, MI: what to set up and who to call

Voting is local here: the Blendon Township Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county. Spectrum is the only wired internet provider that reaches most of Blendon Township.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Blendon 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 Blendon Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Consumers Energy

Consumers Energy (Consumers Energy Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Blendon Township. Its homes paid an average of 20.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $134 a month (its average across Michigan).

Start or move service: consumersenergy.com · (800) 477-5050

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 Georgetown Township water system

The Georgetown Township water system supplies Blendon Township: about 20% of residents live in its service area. About 76% 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 Wyoming as seller) and serves 41,086 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile2.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 65% 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. MI0002620.

Internet

8 home internet providers serve Blendon Township

92% of 2,609 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 18% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber74%1,000/35
BrightspeedDSL, Fixed wireless22%60/5
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber18%100/20
AcentekFiber16%1,000/1,000
XfinityCable4%2,000/250
VerizonFixed wireless69%300/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

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

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Blendon Township.

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

Blendon Township kids go to
K–514 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–85 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Blendon Township (51%) is in Zeeland Public Schools; parts are in Hudsonville Public School District (49%).

ASchool 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 Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Blendon Township spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Blendon TownshipZIP’s residents in Blendon Township
49426Hudsonville, MI70%12%
49464Zeeland, MI28%7%
49401Allendale, MI2%0%

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 Blendon Township

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

The Georgetown Township water system (EPA ID MI0002620). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Blendon Township?

Consumers Energy (Consumers Energy Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Blendon Township?

Spectrum, Brightspeed, AT&T, Acentek, Xfinity, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Blendon Township?

49426 (70%), 49464 (28%), 49401 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Blendon Township in?

Zeeland Public Schools. Parts of the city are in Hudsonville Public School District.

How do I register to vote in Blendon Township?

In Michigan you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Blendon Township Clerk. Check your registration at mvic.sos.state.mi.us.

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 Sep 12, 2025 (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.