Detroit-Bay City Railroad Company Columbiaville Depot · Photo: Paul R. Burley · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Marathon Township, MI: what to set up and who to call
To register to vote, go to the Marathon Township Clerk: Marathon Township runs its own elections. Lakeville Community Schools runs the public schools in Marathon Township.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Marathon 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 Marathon Township.
Power comes from DTE
DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Marathon 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.
Water comes from Village of Columbiaville water system
The Village of Columbiaville water system supplies Marathon Township: about 14% of residents live in its service area. About 86% 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 787 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 51% 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. MI0001570.
Which providers serve Marathon Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Marathon 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 Marathon Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Marathon Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Marathon Township (98%) is in Lakeville Community Schools.
C+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.
Marathon Township spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Marathon Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Marathon Township | ZIP’s residents in Marathon Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48421 | Columbiaville, MI | 59% | 40% |
| 48464 | Otter Lake, MI | 38% | 82% |
| 48435 | Fostoria, MI | 3% | 5% |
A few homes fall in 48463.
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 Marathon Township
Who supplies Marathon Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Village of Columbiaville water system (EPA ID MI0001570). 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 1.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Marathon 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 Marathon Township?
48421 (59%), 48464 (38%), 48435 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Marathon Township in?
Lakeville Community Schools.
How do I register to vote in Marathon 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 Marathon 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.