Photo: Nyttend · Public domainLiving in Benton Township, OH: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Benton Township goes to 45880 (96% of residents), one of 4 ZIP codes in town. For a library card, the closest branch is Payne Branch, 3.3 miles out.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Benton 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 Benton Township.
Power comes from AEP Ohio
AEP Ohio (Ohio Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Benton Township. Its homes paid an average of 19.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $179 a month (its average across Ohio, for customers on its standard service). Ohio lets you buy power from another supplier; 60% of AEP Ohio’s home customers do, and AEP Ohio still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Payne Village PWS
Payne Village PWS supplies Benton Township: about 37% of residents live in its service area. About 63% 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 1,550 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 4.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 6.6 ppb. That’s higher than 88% 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. OH6300712.
8 home internet providers serve Benton Township
100% of 479 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 71% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| MetaLINK | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 98% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | DSL | 51% | 90/5 |
| Paulding Putnam | Fiber | 8% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Mercury Fiber | Fixed wireless | 81% | 150/20 |
| Lakeland Internet | Fixed wireless | 76% | 500/100 |
| Watch Communications | Fixed wireless | 51% | 400/40 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Benton Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Benton Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Benton Township is in Wayne Trace Local School District.
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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Feb 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Benton Township spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Benton Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Benton Township | ZIP’s residents in Benton Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45880 | Payne, OH | 96% | 41% |
| 45832 | Convoy, OH | 2% | 1% |
| 45851 | Haviland, OH | 1% | 2% |
| 45886 | Scott, OH | 1% | 2% |
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 Benton Township
Who supplies Benton Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Payne Village PWS (EPA ID OH6300712). 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 4.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Benton Township?
AEP Ohio (Ohio Power Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 19.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Benton Township?
MetaLINK, Frontier, Paulding Putnam, Mercury Fiber, Lakeland Internet, Watch Communications (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Benton Township?
45880 (96%), 45832 (2%), 45851 (1%), 45886 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Benton Township in?
Wayne Trace Local School District.
How do I register to vote in Benton Township?
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, Paulding 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.