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The Brown Township handbook

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

Aqua Ohio - Mohawk PWS has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 6.8 ppb, was higher than 95% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). Brown Township has its own library, Malvern Branch Library, at 710 E Porter St.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Brown 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 Brown Township.

Electricity

Power comes from AEP Ohio

AEP Ohio (Ohio Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves 99.3% of Brown Township residents. 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 Aqua Ohio - Mohawk PWS

Aqua Ohio - Mohawk PWS supplies Brown Township: about 19% of residents live in its service area. Malvern Village PWS serves another 17%. Minerva Village PWS serves another 15%. About 45% 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 Malvern Village PWS as seller) and serves 2,376 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.

Lead, 90th percentile6.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 6.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 95% 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. OH1000812.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Brown Township

96% of 3,867 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 33% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber85%1,000/1,000
FrontierDSL, Fiber44%7,000/7,000
VerizonFixed wireless71%300/20
AT&TFixed wireless63%25/3
Smart Way CommunicationsFixed wireless62%250/50
T-MobileFixed wireless60%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 Brown Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Brown Township.

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

Brown Township kids go to
K–5Malvern Elementary SchoolBrown Local School District
6–8Malvern Middle SchoolBrown Local School District
9–12Malvern High SchoolBrown Local School District

Most of Brown Township (73%) is in Brown Local School District; parts are in Minerva Local School District (26%).

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

Brown Township spans 5 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Brown TownshipZIP’s residents in Brown Township
44644Malvern, OH58%95%
44657Minerva, OH38%28%
44615Carrollton, OH2%1%
44688Waynesburg, OH1%3%
44730East Canton, OH1%1%

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 Brown Township

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

Aqua Ohio - Mohawk PWS (EPA ID OH1000812). 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 6.8 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Brown 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 Brown Township?

Spectrum, Frontier, Verizon, AT&T, Smart Way Communications, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Brown Township?

44644 (58%), 44657 (38%), 44615 (2%), 44688 (1%), 44730 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Brown Township in?

Brown Local School District. Parts of the city are in Minerva Local School District.

How do I register to vote in Brown 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, Carroll 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.