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The Exeter Township handbook

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

New voters sign up with the Exeter Township Clerk, which runs Exeter Township’s elections. Promedica Monroe Regional Hospital, 9.6 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Exeter 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 Exeter Township.

Electricity

Power comes from DTE

DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Exeter 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 Monroe water system

The Monroe water system supplies almost all of Exeter Township. It draws surface water and serves 49,467 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–Dec 2025, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 6.0 ppb. 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MI0004450.

Internet

Which providers serve Exeter Township

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Exeter 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.

Trash & recycling

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

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Exeter Township.

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

Exeter Township kids go to
PK–68 schoolsDepends on your address
7–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Exeter Township (55%) is in Airport Community School District; parts are in Monroe Public Schools (24%) and Milan Area Schools (15%) and Dundee Community Schools (6%).

C+School 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

Exeter Township spans 5 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Exeter TownshipZIP’s residents in Exeter Township
48117Carleton, MI61%24%
48159Maybee, MI30%46%
48162Monroe, MI6%1%
48111Belleville, MI2%0%
48164New Boston, MI1%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 Exeter Township

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

The Monroe water system (EPA ID MI0004450). 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–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Exeter Township?

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

What ZIP codes are in Exeter Township?

48117 (61%), 48159 (30%), 48162 (6%), 48111 (2%), 48164 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Exeter Township in?

Airport Community School District. Parts of the city are in Monroe Public Schools and Milan Area Schools and Dundee Community Schools.

How do I register to vote in Exeter 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 Exeter 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): pending.