Photo: Chris857 · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Franklin Township, MI: what to set up and who to call
New voters sign up with the Franklin Township Clerk, which runs Franklin Township’s elections. The closest public drop-off to Franklin Township is Waste Management, 3 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Franklin 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 Franklin Township.
Power comes from Upper Michigan Energy Resources
Upper Michigan Energy Resources (Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Franklin Township. Its homes paid an average of 17.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $101 a month (its average across Michigan).
Start or move service: www.uppco.com · (800) 562-7680
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Franklin-Quincy Water Authority
Franklin-Quincy Water Authority supplies Franklin Township: about 4% of residents live in its service area. About 91% 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 Hancock as seller) and serves 260 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 2020–Dec 2022, was 0.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 58% 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. MI0005585.
Which providers serve Franklin Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Franklin 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.
The nearest public drop-off is 3 miles away
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Franklin Township.
Waste Management
· run by Waste Management
This isn’t Franklin Township’s own facility. Whether Franklin Township residents may use it is the town’s rule: check the town’s office.
OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Franklin Township is in Hancock Public Schools.
A−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.
Franklin Township spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Franklin Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Franklin Township | ZIP’s residents in Franklin Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49930 | Hancock, MI | 84% | 18% |
| 49913 | Calumet, MI | 15% | 3% |
| 49922 | Dollar Bay, MI | 1% | 2% |
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 Franklin Township
Who supplies Franklin Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Franklin-Quincy Water Authority (EPA ID MI0005585). 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 0.1 ppb (Jan 2020–Dec 2022), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Franklin Township?
Upper Michigan Energy Resources (Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Franklin Township?
49930 (84%), 49913 (15%), 49922 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Franklin Township in?
Hancock Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in Franklin 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 Franklin 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.