Photo: Nyttend · Public domainLiving in Mount Orab, OH: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Mount Orab goes to 45154 (95% of residents), one of 2 ZIP codes in town. Spectrum and Frontier both wire most of Mount Orab; 5% of addresses can get fiber.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Mount Orab, 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 Mount Orab.
Power comes from Duke Energy
Duke Energy (Duke Energy Ohio, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Mount Orab. Its homes paid an average of 16.8¢ per kWh in 2025, about $154 a month (its average across Ohio, for customers on its standard service). Ohio lets you buy power from another supplier; 60% of Duke Energy’s home customers do, and Duke Energy still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Mount Orab Village PWS
Mount Orab Village PWS supplies Mount Orab: 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 surface water (EPA lists Brown County Rural Water as seller) and serves 6,607 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 1.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.3 ppb. That’s higher than 66% 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. OH0801011.
5 home internet providers serve Mount Orab
96% of 1,728 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 5% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 95% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | DSL | 61% | 10/1 |
| Ohio Transparent Telecom | Fixed wireless | 65% | 50/10 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 63% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 27% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Rumpke picks up trash in Mount Orab
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Mount Orab, from the town’s own site.
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check mtoraboh.us →
From mtoraboh.us, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-10-20. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Mount Orab is in Western Brown Local School District.
BSchool 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 Dec 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Mount Orab spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Mount Orab residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Mount Orab | ZIP’s residents in Mount Orab |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45154 | Mount Orab, OH | 95% | 44% |
| 45176 | Williamsburg, OH | 5% | 2% |
A few homes fall in 45106.
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 Mount Orab
Who supplies Mount Orab’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Mount Orab Village PWS (EPA ID OH0801011). 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 1.9 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Mount Orab?
Duke Energy (Duke Energy Ohio, Inc.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 16.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Mount Orab?
Spectrum, Frontier, Ohio Transparent Telecom, AT&T, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Mount Orab?
45154 (95%), 45176 (5%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Mount Orab in?
Western Brown Local School District.
How do I register to vote in Mount Orab?
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: Mount Orab’s own website (mtoraboh.us), 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.