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The Ashville handbook

Living in Ashville, OH: what to set up and who to call

Power in Ashville comes from South Central Power Company, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Berger Hospital, 8.1 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Ashville, 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 Ashville.

Electricity

Power comes from South Central Power Company

South Central Power Company (South Central Power Company), a cooperative utility, serves all of Ashville. Its homes paid an average of 15.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $173 a month (its average across Ohio).

Start or move service: frontier-power.com · (740) 622-6755

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 Ashville Village PWS

Ashville Village PWS supplies Ashville: about 80% of residents live in its service area. South Bloomfield Village PWS serves another 6%. About 14% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water (EPA lists South Bloomfield Village PWS as seller) and serves 4,529 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.

Lead, 90th percentile2.7 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2026, was 2.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 5.5 ppb. That’s higher than 78% 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. OH6500012.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Ashville

98% of 1,488 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber97%1,000/35
FrontierDSL46%10/1
Point BroadbandFixed wireless99%10/1
VerizonFixed wireless70%300/20
AT&TFixed wireless44%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Ashville’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Ashville.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Ashville kids go to
PK–54 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Teays Valley High SchoolTeays Valley Local School District

Ashville is in Teays Valley Local School District.

B+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 Aug 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Ashville is in ZIP code 43103

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of AshvilleZIP’s residents in Ashville
43103Ashville, OH100%37%

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 Ashville

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

Ashville Village PWS (EPA ID OH6500012). 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 2.7 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Ashville?

South Central Power Company (South Central Power Company), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 15.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Ashville?

Spectrum, Frontier, Point Broadband, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Ashville?

43103. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Ashville in?

Teays Valley Local School District.

How do I register to vote in Ashville?

In Ohio you can register online until 30 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Director, Pickaway County Board of Elections. Check your registration at voterlookup.ohiosos.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 Aug 3, 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.