Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Dodson Township, OH: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in most of Dodson Township comes from Lynchburg Village PWS, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 0.7 ppb. Most of Dodson Township has one wired internet choice: Spectrum.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Dodson 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 Dodson Township.
Power comes from AES Ohio
AES Ohio (Dayton Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves 97.0% of Dodson Township residents. Its homes paid an average of 16.1¢ per kWh in 2025, about $158 a month (its average across Ohio, for customers on its standard service). Ohio lets you buy power from another supplier; 70% of AES Ohio’s home customers do, and AES Ohio still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Lynchburg Village PWS
Lynchburg Village PWS supplies Dodson Township: about 63% of residents live in its service area. About 37% 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 Highland County Water Company, Inc. as seller) and serves 1,515 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 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.7 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. OH3600915.
6 home internet providers serve Dodson Township
92% of 1,235 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 18% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 84% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | DSL | 40% | 90/5 |
| connectSCP | Fiber | 6% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 71% | 300/20 |
| Ohio Transparent Telecom | Fixed wireless | 52% | 50/10 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 5% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Dodson Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Dodson Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Dodson Township is in Lynchburg-Clay Local School District.
A−School gradeSee 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 2022; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Dodson Township spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Dodson Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Dodson Township | ZIP’s residents in Dodson Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45142 | Lynchburg, OH | 93% | 55% |
| 45133 | Hillsboro, OH | 7% | 1% |
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 Dodson Township
Who supplies Dodson Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Lynchburg Village PWS (EPA ID OH3600915). 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 0.7 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Dodson Township?
AES Ohio (Dayton Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 16.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Dodson Township?
Spectrum, Frontier, connectSCP, Verizon, Ohio Transparent Telecom, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Dodson Township?
45142 (93%), 45133 (7%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Dodson Township in?
Lynchburg-Clay Local School District.
How do I register to vote in Dodson 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, Highland 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.