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The Bowling Green Township handbook

Living in Bowling Green Township, OH: what to set up and who to call

Bowling Green Township spans 3 ZIP codes; 43076 holds the most residents (61%). Most of Bowling Green Township has one wired internet choice: Windstream Ohio.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Bowling Green 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 Bowling Green Township.

Electricity

Power comes from AEP Ohio

AEP Ohio (Ohio Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Bowling Green 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Glenford Village water system

The Glenford Village water system supplies Bowling Green 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 buys treated ground water (EPA lists Northern Perry Co.water #1 as seller) and serves 450 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.4 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 0.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 56% 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. OH6402503.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Bowling Green Township

77% of 790 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 13% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Windstream OhioDSL, Fiber60%2,000/2,000
SpectrumCable, Fiber44%1,000/1,000
VerizonFixed wireless66%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless66%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless52%100/20
Ohio Transparent TelecomFixed wireless20%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Bowling Green Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Bowling Green Township.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Bowling Green Township kids go to
K–54 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Bowling Green Township (55%) is in Northern Local School District; parts are in Lakewood Local School District (26%) and West Muskingum Local School District (18%).

BSchool 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 Dec 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Bowling Green Township spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Bowling Green TownshipZIP’s residents in Bowling Green Township
43076Thornville, OH61%12%
43739Glenford, OH31%23%
43721Brownsville, OH8%100%

A few homes fall in 43760.

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 Bowling Green Township

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

The Glenford Village water system (EPA ID OH6402503). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.4 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Bowling Green 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 Bowling Green Township?

Windstream Ohio, Spectrum, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, Ohio Transparent Telecom (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Bowling Green Township?

43076 (61%), 43739 (31%), 43721 (8%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Bowling Green Township in?

Northern Local School District. Parts of the city are in Lakewood Local School District and West Muskingum Local School District.

How do I register to vote in Bowling Green 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, Licking 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.