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The Pleasanton Township handbook

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

Kamp Villa Rv Park has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 7.0 ppb, was higher than 94% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). New voters sign up with the Pleasanton Township Clerk, which runs Pleasanton Township’s elections.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Pleasanton 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 Pleasanton Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Consumers Energy

Consumers Energy (Consumers Energy Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Pleasanton 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Kamp Villa Rv Park

Kamp Villa Rv Park supplies Pleasanton Township: about 26% of residents live in its service area. About 74% 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 100 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.

Lead, 90th percentile7.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 7.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 94% 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. MI0040580.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Pleasanton Township

86% of 789 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 61% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber85%1,000/1,000
BrightspeedDSL, Fixed wireless22%40/3
Eclipse CommunicationsFixed wireless61%50/50
T-MobileFixed wireless49%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless32%25/3
VerizonFixed wireless9%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

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

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Pleasanton Township.

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

Pleasanton Township kids go to
PK–6Bear Lake Elementary Schoolin Bear Lake
7–12Bear Lake High Schoolin Bear Lake

Most of Pleasanton Township (90%) is in Bear Lake School District; parts are in Benzie County Central School (6%) and Kaleva Norman Dickson School District (3%).

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.

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

Pleasanton Township spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Pleasanton TownshipZIP’s residents in Pleasanton Township
49614Bear Lake, MI98%29%
49683Thompsonville, MI2%1%

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 Pleasanton Township

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

Kamp Villa Rv Park (EPA ID MI0040580). 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 7.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Pleasanton Township?

Consumers Energy (Consumers Energy Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Pleasanton Township?

Spectrum, Brightspeed, Eclipse Communications, T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Pleasanton Township?

49614 (98%), 49683 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Pleasanton Township in?

Bear Lake School District. Parts of the city are in Benzie County Central School and Kaleva Norman Dickson School District.

How do I register to vote in Pleasanton 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 Pleasanton 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.