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The Georgetown handbook

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

Georgetown runs its own electric utility, Village of Georgetown. Tap water in Georgetown comes from Georgetown Village PWS, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 0.8 ppb.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Georgetown, 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 Georgetown.

Electricity

Power comes from Village of Georgetown

Village of Georgetown (Village of Georgetown - (OH)), a municipal utility, serves 81.1% of Georgetown residents.

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 Georgetown Village PWS

Georgetown Village PWS supplies almost all of Georgetown. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists Brown County Rural Water as seller) and serves 4,331 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2026, was 0.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 59% 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. OH0800503.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Georgetown

95% of 1,809 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 35% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber92%1,000/1,000
FrontierDSL, Fiber67%5,000/5,000
AT&TFixed wireless74%100/20
Ohio Transparent TelecomFixed wireless54%50/10
VerizonFixed wireless36%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Georgetown’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Georgetown.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Georgetown kids go to
PK–6Georgetown Elementary SchoolGeorgetown Exempted Village School District
7–12Georgetown Jr/Sr High SchoolGeorgetown Exempted Village School District

Georgetown is in Georgetown Exempted Village School District.

B+School 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

Georgetown is in ZIP code 45121

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of GeorgetownZIP’s residents in Georgetown
45121Georgetown, OH100%50%
Area code937Wikidata

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 Georgetown

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

Georgetown Village PWS (EPA ID OH0800503). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.8 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Georgetown?

Village of Georgetown (Village of Georgetown - (OH)), a municipal utility.

What internet providers serve Georgetown?

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

What ZIP codes are in Georgetown?

45121. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Georgetown in?

Georgetown Exempted Village School District.

How do I register to vote in Georgetown?

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, Brown 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.