Living in Liberty Township, MI: what to set up and who to call
To register to vote, go to the Liberty Township Clerk: Liberty Township runs its own elections. Somerset Township Library, 4.2 miles away, is the closest library to Liberty Township.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Liberty 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 Liberty Township.
Power comes from Consumers Energy
Consumers Energy (Consumers Energy Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Liberty Township. Its homes paid an average of 20.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $134 a month (its average across Michigan).
Start or move service: consumersenergy.com · (800) 477-5050
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Somerset Centre Estates water system
The Somerset Centre Estates water system supplies Liberty Township: about 0% of residents live in its service area. About 100% 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 368 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 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. MI0040184.
Which providers serve Liberty Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Liberty 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.
We don’t have Liberty Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Liberty Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Liberty Township (59%) is in Hanover-Horton Schools; parts are in Columbia School District (36%) and Jackson Public Schools (3%).
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 Oct 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Liberty Township spans 5 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Liberty Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Liberty Township | ZIP’s residents in Liberty Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49234 | Clarklake, MI | 33% | 39% |
| 49201 | Jackson, MI | 29% | 2% |
| 49246 | Horton, MI | 20% | 19% |
| 49249 | Jerome, MI | 12% | 11% |
| 49233 | Cement City, MI | 6% | 7% |
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 Liberty Township
Who supplies Liberty Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Somerset Centre Estates water system (EPA ID MI0040184). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Liberty Township?
Consumers Energy (Consumers Energy Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Liberty Township?
49234 (33%), 49201 (29%), 49246 (20%), 49249 (12%), 49233 (6%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Liberty Township in?
Hanover-Horton Schools. Parts of the city are in Columbia School District and Jackson Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in Liberty 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 Liberty 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.