Living in Pere Marquette Township, MI: what to set up and who to call
Pere Marquette Township runs its own elections, so the Pere Marquette Township Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls. Spectrum is the only wired internet provider that reaches most of Pere Marquette Township.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Pere Marquette 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 Pere Marquette Township.
Power comes from DTE
DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Pere Marquette 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 Ludington water system
The Ludington water system supplies Pere Marquette Township: about 28% of residents live in its service area. Pere Marquette Twp - Customer serves another 14%. About 58% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 8,184 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 1.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher 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. MI0003960.
6 home internet providers serve Pere Marquette Township
87% of 1,838 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 55% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 77% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 48% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 43% | 300/20 |
| SyncWave | Fixed wireless | 40% | 200/50 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 24% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 12% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Pere Marquette Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Pere Marquette Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Pere Marquette Township is in Ludington Area School District.
BSchool 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.
Pere Marquette Township is in ZIP code 49431
ZIP codes where Pere Marquette Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Pere Marquette Township | ZIP’s residents in Pere Marquette Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49431 | Ludington, MI | 100% | 14% |
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 Pere Marquette Township
Who supplies Pere Marquette Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Ludington water system (EPA ID MI0003960). 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 1.4 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Pere Marquette Township?
DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Pere Marquette Township?
Spectrum, Frontier, Verizon, SyncWave, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Pere Marquette Township?
49431. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Pere Marquette Township in?
Ludington Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Pere Marquette 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 Pere Marquette 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.