Living in Lamont, MI: what to set up and who to call
Lamont has no town government of its own, so Ottawa County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Coopersville Public School District. Spectrum is the only wired internet provider that reaches most of Lamont.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lamont, 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 Lamont.
Power comes from DTE
DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Lamont. 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 Intersect Healthcare water system
The Intersect Healthcare water system supplies Lamont: about 5% of residents live in its service area. About 95% 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 86 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2020–Dec 2022, was 0.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 52% 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. MI0062658.
5 home internet providers serve Lamont
96% of 381 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable | 85% | 1,000/35 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 93% | 300/20 |
| Michwave Technologies | Fixed wireless | 20% | 50/20 |
| Mercury Fiber | Fixed wireless | 19% | 150/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 6% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Lamont’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lamont.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Lamont is in Coopersville Public School District.
Test scores and every school: see Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
No town hall: the county runs things
Lamont is unincorporated, so Ottawa County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Lamont spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Lamont residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lamont | ZIP’s residents in Lamont |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49404 | Coopersville, MI | 64% | 8% |
| 49435 | Marne, MI | 20% | 6% |
| 49430 | Lamont, MI | 16% | 100% |
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 Lamont
Who supplies Lamont’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Intersect Healthcare water system (EPA ID MI0062658). 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 0.5 ppb (Jan 2020–Dec 2022), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lamont?
DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Lamont?
Spectrum, Verizon, Michwave Technologies, Mercury Fiber, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Lamont?
49404 (64%), 49435 (20%), 49430 (16%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lamont in?
Coopersville Public School District.
How do I register to vote in Lamont?
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 Tallmadge 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.