Photo: Deedeebee · CC BY 3.0Living in Tecumseh Township, MI: what to set up and who to call
Wednesday is trash day in Tecumseh Township. Tecumseh Township runs its own elections, so the Tecumseh Township Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Tecumseh 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 Tecumseh Township.
Power comes from DTE
DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves 92.6% of Tecumseh Township residents. 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 Tecumseh water system
The Tecumseh water system supplies Tecumseh Township: about 15% of residents live in its service area. About 85% 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 8,521 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 2024–Dec 2026, was 3.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 80% 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. MI0006560.
7 home internet providers serve Tecumseh Township
97% of 860 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 89% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 69% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Xfinity | Cable | 64% | 2,000/250 |
| Midwest Energy & Communications | Fiber | 30% | 1,000/1,000 |
| D & P Communictions | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 25% | 4,000/4,000 |
| Mercury Fiber | Fixed wireless | 87% | 150/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 59% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Tecumseh Township is Wednesday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Tecumseh Township, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
- RecyclingEvery other week, day by address · which week: mytecumseh.org
Accepted at the curb
- Newspaper including color comics and inserts
- Corrugated cardboard
- Magazines and catalogs
- Brown grocery bags
- Office paper and envelopes (white and colors)
- Telephone books
Lenawee County Recycling Drop-Off site
307 River Street, Adrian, MI 49221
From mytecumseh.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 2026; pages dated 2025, March 17, 2025. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Tecumseh Township (94%) is in Tecumseh Public Schools; parts are in Clinton Community Schools (6%).
A−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.
Tecumseh Township is in ZIP code 49286
ZIP codes where Tecumseh Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Tecumseh Township | ZIP’s residents in Tecumseh Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49286 | Tecumseh, 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 Tecumseh Township
Who supplies Tecumseh Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Tecumseh water system (EPA ID MI0006560). 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 3.0 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Tecumseh Township?
DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Tecumseh Township?
Frontier, Xfinity, Midwest Energy & Communications, D & P Communictions, Mercury Fiber, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Tecumseh Township?
49286. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Tecumseh Township in?
Tecumseh Public Schools. Parts of the city are in Clinton Community Schools.
How do I register to vote in Tecumseh 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 Tecumseh 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: Tecumseh Township’s own website (mytecumseh.org), read Oct 22, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- 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.