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The Cedar Creek Township handbook

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

New voters sign up with the Cedar Creek Township Clerk, which runs Cedar Creek Township’s elections. Corewell Health Gerber Hospital, 11.4 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Cedar Creek 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 Cedar Creek Township.

Electricity

Power comes from DTE

DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Cedar Creek Township. Its homes paid an average of 20.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $126 a month (its average across Michigan, for customers on its standard service). Michigan lets you buy power from another supplier; 0% of DTE’s home customers do, and DTE still delivers it.

Start or move service: www.dteenergy.com · (800) 477-4747

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 Timberline Estates water system

The Timberline Estates water system supplies Cedar Creek Township: about 12% of residents live in its service area. About 88% 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 755 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.

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. MI0040363.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Cedar Creek Township

83% of 1,477 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 19% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable79%1,200/35
FrontierDSL, Fiber26%7,000/7,000
SpectrumFiber15%1,000/1,000
Point BroadbandFixed wireless, Fiber2%1,000/1,000
VerizonFixed wireless25%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless5%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Cedar Creek Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Cedar Creek Township.

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

Cedar Creek Township kids go to
PK–5Holton Elementary Schoolin Holton
6–8Holton Middle Schoolin Holton
9–12Holton High Schoolin Holton

Most of Cedar Creek Township (91%) is in Holton Public Schools; parts are in Reeths-Puffer Schools (6%) and Oakridge Public Schools (2%).

CSchool 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

Cedar Creek Township spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Cedar Creek TownshipZIP’s residents in Cedar Creek Township
49457Twin Lake, MI93%28%
49425Holton, MI7%6%

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 Cedar Creek Township

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

The Timberline Estates water system (EPA ID MI0040363). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Cedar Creek Township?

DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Cedar Creek Township?

Xfinity, Frontier, Spectrum, Point Broadband, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Cedar Creek Township?

49457 (93%), 49425 (7%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Cedar Creek Township in?

Holton Public Schools. Parts of the city are in Reeths-Puffer Schools and Oakridge Public Schools.

How do I register to vote in Cedar Creek 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 Cedar Creek 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.