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The Catawba handbook

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

Every home in Catawba is in ZIP code 43010. For emergencies, Catawba is closest to Mercy Health - Urbana Hospital, 9.4 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Catawba, 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 Catawba.

Electricity

Power comes from Ohio Edison

Ohio Edison (Ohio Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Catawba. Its homes paid an average of 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $131 a month (its average across Ohio, for customers on its standard service). Ohio lets you buy power from another supplier; 72% of Ohio Edison’s home customers do, and Ohio Edison 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 Catawba Village PWS

Catawba Village PWS supplies almost all of Catawba. It draws ground water and serves 241 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 percentile2.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2026, was 2.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 80% 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. OH1200312.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Catawba

100% of 122 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable93%1,000/35
Watch CommunicationsFixed wireless98%400/40
VerizonFixed wireless30%25/6
AT&TFixed wireless6%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 Catawba’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Catawba.

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

Catawba kids go to
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–122 schoolsDepends on your address

Catawba is in Northeastern 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.

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

Catawba is in ZIP code 43010

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of CatawbaZIP’s residents in Catawba
43010Catawba, OH100%100%

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 Catawba

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

Catawba Village PWS (EPA ID OH1200312). 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 2.8 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Catawba?

Ohio Edison (Ohio Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Catawba?

Spectrum, Watch Communications, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Catawba?

43010. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Catawba in?

Northeastern Local School District.

How do I register to vote in Catawba?

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, Clark 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.