Photo: F. D. Richards from Clinton, MI · CC BY-SA 2.0Living in Sturgis Township, MI: what to set up and who to call
Sturgis Township runs its own electric utility, City of Sturgis; its homes paid 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025. Sturgis Township runs its own elections, so the Sturgis Township Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Sturgis 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 Sturgis Township.
Power comes from City of Sturgis
City of Sturgis (City of Sturgis - (MI)), a municipal utility, serves 67.5% of Sturgis Township residents. Its homes paid an average of 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $108 a month (its average across Michigan).
Start or move service: www.sturgismi.gov · (269) 659-7255
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Memory Lane Mobile Home Park
Memory Lane Mobile Home Park supplies Sturgis Township: about 12% of residents live in its service area. Sturgis serves another 10%. About 79% 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 340 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 3.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 83% 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. MI0040470.
8 home internet providers serve Sturgis Township
97% of 933 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 70% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable | 76% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 54% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Midwest Energy & Communications | Fiber | 18% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Lakeland Internet | Fixed wireless | 98% | 100/20 |
| Mercury Fiber | Fixed wireless | 86% | 150/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 69% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Sturgis Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Sturgis Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Sturgis Township is in Sturgis Public 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.
Sturgis Township is in ZIP code 49091
ZIP codes where Sturgis Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Sturgis Township | ZIP’s residents in Sturgis Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49091 | Sturgis, MI | 100% | 10% |
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 Sturgis Township
Who supplies Sturgis Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Memory Lane Mobile Home Park (EPA ID MI0040470). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Sturgis Township?
City of Sturgis (City of Sturgis - (MI)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Sturgis Township?
Spectrum, Frontier, Midwest Energy & Communications, Lakeland Internet, Mercury Fiber, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Sturgis Township?
49091. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Sturgis Township in?
Sturgis Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in Sturgis 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 Sturgis 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.