Living in Sumner Township, MI: what to set up and who to call
To register to vote, go to the Sumner Township Clerk: Sumner Township runs its own elections. Wired internet is thin in Sumner Township: the FCC’s map has 48% of addresses able to get it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Sumner 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 Sumner Township.
Power comes from Consumers Energy
Consumers Energy (Consumers Energy Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Sumner 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.
Water comes from Timber Country Mobile Home Park
Timber Country Mobile Home Park supplies Sumner Township: about 3% of residents live in its service area. About 97% 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 75 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.
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 higher than 55% 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. MI0040574.
8 home internet providers serve Sumner Township
100% of 814 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 20% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point Broadband | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 85% | 100/20 |
| Spectrum | Cable | 36% | 1,000/1,000 |
| HomeWorks Connect | Fiber | 16% | 1,000/1,000 |
| ISP Managemen | Fixed wireless | 97% | 400/400 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 53% | 300/20 |
| CMS Internet | Fixed wireless | 52% | 200/200 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Sumner Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Sumner Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Sumner Township (72%) is in Alma Public Schools; parts are in Ithaca Public Schools (28%).
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.
Sumner Township spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Sumner Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Sumner Township | ZIP’s residents in Sumner Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48889 | Sumner, MI | 42% | 54% |
| 48877 | Riverdale, MI | 33% | 27% |
| 48801 | Alma, MI | 16% | 2% |
| 48832 | Elwell, MI | 9% | 12% |
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 Sumner Township
Who supplies Sumner Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Timber Country Mobile Home Park (EPA ID MI0040574). 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 Sumner 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 Sumner Township?
Point Broadband, Spectrum, HomeWorks Connect, ISP Managemen, Verizon, CMS Internet (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Sumner Township?
48889 (42%), 48877 (33%), 48801 (16%), 48832 (9%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Sumner Township in?
Alma Public Schools. Parts of the city are in Ithaca Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in Sumner 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 Sumner 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.