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The Royalton Township handbook

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

Power in Royalton Township comes from Midwest Energy Cooperative, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. To register to vote, go to the Royalton Township Clerk: Royalton Township runs its own elections.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Royalton 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 Royalton Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Midwest Energy Cooperative

Midwest Energy Cooperative (Midwest Energy Cooperative - (MI)), a cooperative utility, serves all of Royalton Township. Its homes paid an average of 19.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $189 a month (its average across Michigan).

Start or move service: www.teammidwest.com · (800) 492-5989

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 Southwest Michigan Regional Sanitary Sew water system

The Southwest Michigan Regional Sanitary Sew water system supplies Royalton Township: about 17% of residents live in its service area. About 83% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists St Joseph as seller) and serves 26,780 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.1 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.6 ppb. 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. MI0003726.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Royalton Township

98% of 2,014 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 2% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable93%1,200/35
AT&TFixed wireless, DSL58%100/20
T-MobileFixed wireless77%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless72%300/20
Mercury FiberFixed wireless71%150/20

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

Trash & recycling

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

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Royalton Township.

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

Royalton Township kids go to
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–83 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Royalton Township (41%) is in St. Joseph Public Schools; parts are in Lakeshore School District (37%) and Berrien Springs Public Schools (22%).

A−School 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

Royalton Township spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Royalton TownshipZIP’s residents in Royalton Township
49085Saint Joseph, MI90%19%
49103Berrien Springs, MI8%4%
49127Stevensville, MI2%1%

A few homes fall in 49101.

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 Royalton Township

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

The Southwest Michigan Regional Sanitary Sew water system (EPA ID MI0003726). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.1 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Royalton Township?

Midwest Energy Cooperative (Midwest Energy Cooperative - (MI)), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 19.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Royalton Township?

Xfinity, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Mercury Fiber (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Royalton Township?

49085 (90%), 49103 (8%), 49127 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Royalton Township in?

St. Joseph Public Schools. Parts of the city are in Lakeshore School District and Berrien Springs Public Schools.

How do I register to vote in Royalton 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 Royalton 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.