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The Milan handbook

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

Milan runs its own electric utility, Village of Milan. Milan has its own library, Milan Public Library, at 19 E. Church St.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Milan, 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 Milan.

Electricity

Power comes from Village of Milan

Village of Milan (Village of Milan - (OH)), a municipal utility, serves all of Milan.

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 Milan Village PWS

Milan Village PWS supplies Milan: about 85% of residents live in its service area. About 14% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Erie Co Perkins District as seller) and serves 1,371 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 percentile1.3 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 1.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 58% 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. OH2201212.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Milan

97% of 589 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 87% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber97%1,000/1,000
FrontierFiber, DSL83%7,000/7,000
AT&TFixed wireless29%25/3
VerizonFixed wireless28%25/6
T-MobileFixed wireless23%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Milan’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Milan.

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

Milan kids go to
PK–3Edison Elementary School (formerly Milan Elem)Edison Local (formerly Berlin-Milan) School District
4–8Edison Middle School (formerly Berlin-Milan Middle School)in Berlin Heights
9–12Edison High SchoolEdison Local (formerly Berlin-Milan) School District

Milan is in Edison Local (formerly Berlin-Milan) 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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Town HallBudget, officials, electionsMilan’s government in one page
Who runs elections hereDirector, Erie County Board of ElectionsElections here are run by Erie County (county election office). Most of Milan (73%) votes here; the rest in Huron County (27%). 2900 Columbus Ave, Rm 101, Sandusky, OH 44870-5553 · (419) 627-7601 · [email protected]FVAP, Aug 2019
Register to voteOnlineIn 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).vote.govCheck your registration and polling placevoterlookup.ohiosos.govThe state’s voter lookup

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

Milan is in ZIP code 44846

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of MilanZIP’s residents in Milan
44846Milan, OH99%41%

A few homes fall in 44857.

Area code419Wikidata

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 Milan

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

Milan Village PWS (EPA ID OH2201212). 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 1.3 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Milan?

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

What internet providers serve Milan?

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

What ZIP codes are in Milan?

44846. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Milan in?

Edison Local (formerly Berlin-Milan) School District.

How do I register to vote in Milan?

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, Erie 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.