Living in Dalton Township, MI: what to set up and who to call
There is no curbside pickup in Dalton Township: residents take trash to Dalton Township Transfer Station. Voting is local here: the Dalton Township Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Dalton 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 Dalton Township.
Power comes from DTE
DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Dalton 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.
Water comes from Blue Lake Residences water system
The Blue Lake Residences water system supplies Dalton Township: about 7% 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 212 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2001, was 17.0 ppb, above the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2001: EPA has no newer result for this system.
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. MI0003925.
6 home internet providers serve Dalton Township
87% of 4,039 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 21% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 58% | 1,200/35 |
| Frontier | DSL, Fiber | 52% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 30% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 52% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 20% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 17% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
No curbside pickup in Dalton Township: trash goes to the transfer station
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Dalton Township, from the town’s own site.
Dalton Township Transfer Station
291 E. Michillinda Rd (off Russell Rd)
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Cost: $30 annual recycling pass (unlimited recycling during transfer station hours); $15 recycling punch card (5 visits)
Accepted at the curb
- Tin
- Glass jars
- Plastic #1 through #7
- Cardboard
- Office paper
- Junk mail
- Newspapers
- Phone books
From daltontownship.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Dalton Township (80%) is in Reeths-Puffer Schools; parts are in Whitehall School District (20%).
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 Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Dalton Township spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Dalton Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Dalton Township | ZIP’s residents in Dalton Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49457 | Twin Lake, MI | 65% | 56% |
| 49445 | Muskegon, MI | 35% | 16% |
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.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Dalton Township
Who supplies Dalton Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Blue Lake Residences water system (EPA ID MI0003925). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 17.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2001), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Dalton Township?
DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Dalton Township?
Xfinity, Frontier, Spectrum, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Dalton Township?
49457 (65%), 49445 (35%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Dalton Township in?
Reeths-Puffer Schools. Parts of the city are in Whitehall School District.
How do I register to vote in Dalton 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 Dalton 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: Dalton Township’s own website (daltontownship.org), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- 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.