Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Milton Township, OH: what to set up and who to call
Milton Township spans 5 ZIP codes; 44276 holds the most residents (57%). The nearest library is Rittman Branch (Wayne County Public Library), 3.3 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Milton 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 Milton Township.
Power comes from Ohio Edison
Ohio Edison (Ohio Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves 94.3% of Milton Township residents. 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.
Water comes from Crown Hill Manor PWS
Crown Hill Manor PWS supplies Milton Township: about 4% of residents live in its service area. About 94% 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 25 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.0 ppb. That’s lower than 53% 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. OH8561412.
10 home internet providers serve Milton Township
100% of 1,234 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 8% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong | Cable | 56% | 1,000/20 |
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 37% | 1,000/35 |
| Brightspeed | DSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless | 15% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Heritage Telephone Company | Fiber | 5% | 100/20 |
| Frontier | DSL | 3% | 10/1 |
| Untangled.Network | Fixed wireless | 93% | 1,000/1,000 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Milton Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Milton Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Milton Township (82%) is in Norwayne Local School District; parts are in Rittman Exempted Village School District (13%) and Green Local School District (5%).
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 Jul 2020; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Milton Township spans 5 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Milton Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Milton Township | ZIP’s residents in Milton Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44276 | Sterling, OH | 57% | 83% |
| 44270 | Rittman, OH | 27% | 10% |
| 44217 | Creston, OH | 9% | 6% |
| 44645 | Marshallville, OH | 4% | 5% |
| 44273 | Seville, OH | 2% | 1% |
A few homes fall in 44677.
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 Milton Township
Who supplies Milton Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Crown Hill Manor PWS (EPA ID OH8561412). 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 0.5 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Milton Township?
Ohio Edison (Ohio Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Milton Township?
Armstrong, Spectrum, Brightspeed, Heritage Telephone Company, Frontier, Untangled.Network (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Milton Township?
44276 (57%), 44270 (27%), 44217 (9%), 44645 (4%), 44273 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Milton Township in?
Norwayne Local School District. Parts of the city are in Rittman Exempted Village School District and Green Local School District.
How do I register to vote in Milton 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, Wayne 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.