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The Gettysburg handbook

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

Tap water in Gettysburg comes from Gettysburg 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 0.6 ppb. Spectrum and Brightspeed wire most of Gettysburg, and 93% of addresses can get fiber.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Gettysburg, 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 Gettysburg.

Electricity

Power comes from AES Ohio

AES Ohio (Dayton Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Gettysburg. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Gettysburg Village PWS

Gettysburg Village PWS supplies Gettysburg: about 90% of residents live in its service area. About 10% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 513 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.6 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 0.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 5.7 ppb. 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. OH1900512.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Gettysburg

99% of 209 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 93% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable95%1,000/50
BrightspeedFiber, DSL, Fixed wireless94%2,000/2,000
VerizonFixed wireless93%300/20
NKTELCO - GoldstarFixed wireless16%50/5
Ohio Transparent TelecomFixed wireless8%25/5
SkymeshFixed wireless3%50/10

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Gettysburg’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Gettysburg.

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

Gettysburg kids go to
PK–4Greenville Elementary Schoolin Greenville
5–8Greenville Middle Schoolin Greenville
9–12Greenville Senior High Schoolin Greenville

Gettysburg is in Greenville City 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 Aug 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Gettysburg is in ZIP code 45328

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of GettysburgZIP’s residents in Gettysburg
45328Gettysburg, OH100%98%

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 Gettysburg

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

Gettysburg Village PWS (EPA ID OH1900512). 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 0.6 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Gettysburg?

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 Gettysburg?

Spectrum, Brightspeed, Verizon, NKTELCO - Goldstar, Ohio Transparent Telecom, Skymesh (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Gettysburg?

45328. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Gettysburg in?

Greenville City School District.

How do I register to vote in Gettysburg?

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, Darke 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.