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The Grattan Township handbook

Living in Grattan Township, NE: what to set up and who to call

Power in Grattan Township comes from Niobrara Valley El Member, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. O'Neill Public Library, 1.5 miles away, is the closest library to Grattan Township.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Grattan 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 Grattan Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Niobrara Valley El Member

Niobrara Valley El Member (Niobrara Valley El Member Corp), a cooperative utility, serves all of Grattan Township.

Start or move service: www.nvemc.org · (402) 336-2803

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 East Park Estates

East Park Estates supplies Grattan Township: about 7% of residents live in its service area. About 91% 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 percentile1.1 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2025–Dec 2027, was 1.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 62% 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. NE3108908.

Internet

Which providers serve Grattan Township

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Grattan Township, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.

Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.

Trash & recycling

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

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Grattan Township.

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

Grattan Township kids go to
PK–6O'Neill Elementary Schoolin O'Neill
7–12O'Neill High Schoolin O'Neill

Most of Grattan Township (97%) is in O'Neill Public Schools.

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 Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Grattan Township spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Grattan TownshipZIP’s residents in Grattan Township
68763Oneill, NE94%17%
68734Emmet, NE6%34%

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 Grattan Township

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

East Park Estates (EPA ID NE3108908). 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 1.1 ppb (Jan 2025–Dec 2027), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Grattan Township?

Niobrara Valley El Member (Niobrara Valley El Member Corp), a cooperative utility.

What ZIP codes are in Grattan Township?

68763 (94%), 68734 (6%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Grattan Township in?

O'Neill Public Schools.

How do I register to vote in Grattan Township?

In Nebraska you can register online until 18 days before Election Day, in person until 11 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 18 days before). Elections here are run by the Holt County Clerk. Check your registration at votercheck.necvr.ne.gov.

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 30, 2026 (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): pending.