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The Locke Township handbook

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

To register to vote, go to the Locke Township Clerk: Locke Township runs its own elections. For an emergency, Mclaren Greater Lansing is the closest ER, 15 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Locke 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 Locke Township.

Electricity

Power comes from DTE

DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Locke 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 City of Williamston water system

The City of Williamston water system supplies Locke Township: about 1% of residents live in its service area. About 99% 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 3,917 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.0 ppb. 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. MI0007120.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Locke Township

89% of 786 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 12% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
TDS TelecomDSL, Fiber60%1,000/1,000
WOW!Cable15%1,200/50
FrontierDSL, Fiber11%7,000/7,000
AT&TFixed wireless, DSL6%25/3
Mercury FiberFixed wireless86%150/20
VerizonFixed wireless19%25/6

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

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

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Locke Township.

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

Locke Township kids go to
PK–5Webberville Elementary Schoolin Webberville
6–8Webberville Middle Schoolin Webberville
9–12Webberville High Schoolin Webberville

Most of Locke Township (44%) is in Webberville Community Schools; parts are in Perry Public School District (26%) and Williamston Community Schools (17%) and Morrice Area Schools (11%).

BSchool 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

Locke Township spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Locke TownshipZIP’s residents in Locke Township
48895Williamston, MI51%8%
48892Webberville, MI26%10%
48872Perry, MI24%6%

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 Locke Township

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

The City of Williamston water system (EPA ID MI0007120). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Locke Township?

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

What internet providers serve Locke Township?

TDS Telecom, WOW!, Frontier, AT&T, Mercury Fiber, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Locke Township?

48895 (51%), 48892 (26%), 48872 (24%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Locke Township in?

Webberville Community Schools. Parts of the city are in Perry Public School District and Williamston Community Schools and Morrice Area Schools.

How do I register to vote in Locke 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 Locke 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.