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The Lakemore handbook

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

In Lakemore, trash day is Monday (Kimble collects). Tap water in Lakemore comes from Lakemore 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 below detection.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Lakemore, 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 Lakemore.

Electricity

Power comes from Ohio Edison

Ohio Edison (Ohio Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Lakemore. 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 Lakemore Village PWS

Lakemore Village PWS supplies Lakemore: about 96% of residents live in its service area. About 4% 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 3,068 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 percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2026, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.

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. OH7701812.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Lakemore

99% of 1,508 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 58% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber98%1,000/35
AT&TFixed wireless, DSL, Fiber74%1,000/1,000
lumosFiber50%5,000/5,000
VerizonFixed wireless95%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless45%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Lakemore is Monday

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Lakemore, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown’s haulerKimble picks up at the curb for every homelakemoreohio.org
Trash dayMondayEvery week
Pickup calendar

This month

  • TrashEvery week
  • Bulky itemsCall to book
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsCall to bookBulk pickup weekly; call Tracy McMenamee at 330-733-6125 ext. 4 to schedule; larger amounts also by phone; upholstered furniture and mattresses must be covered in plastic

From lakemoreohio.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated July 1, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Lakemore kids go to
K–3Spring Hill Elementaryin Akron
7–12Springfield Junior/Senior High SchoolSpringfield Local School District

Lakemore is in Springfield Local 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

Lakemore spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of LakemoreZIP’s residents in Lakemore
44250Lakemore, OH50%100%
44312Akron, OH50%5%

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 Lakemore

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

Lakemore Village PWS (EPA ID OH7701812). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Lakemore?

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

What internet providers serve Lakemore?

Spectrum, AT&T, lumos, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Lakemore?

44250 (50%), 44312 (50%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Lakemore in?

Springfield Local School District.

How do I register to vote in Lakemore?

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, Summit 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: Lakemore’s own website (lakemoreohio.org), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
  • 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.