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The Mowrystown handbook

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

All of Mowrystown gets its mail under one ZIP code, 45155. Spectrum and Frontier both wire most of Mowrystown; 8% of addresses can get fiber.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Mowrystown, 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 Mowrystown.

Electricity

Power comes from AEP Ohio

AEP Ohio (Ohio Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Mowrystown. Its homes paid an average of 19.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $179 a month (its average across Ohio, for customers on its standard service). Ohio lets you buy power from another supplier; 60% of AEP Ohio’s home customers do, and AEP 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 Sardinia Village PWS

Sardinia Village PWS supplies almost all of Mowrystown. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists Brown County Rural Water as seller) and serves 952 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 percentile1.3 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 1.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 59% 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. OH0801511.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Mowrystown

94% of 198 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 8% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber89%1,000/1,000
FrontierDSL58%115/7
Ohio Transparent TelecomFixed wireless76%50/10
AT&TFixed wireless56%100/20
T-MobileFixed wireless45%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless13%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Mowrystown’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Mowrystown.

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

Mowrystown kids go to
PK–6Bright Elementary Schoolin Hillsboro
7–8Whiteoak Junior High SchoolBright Local School District
9–12Whiteoak High SchoolBright Local School District

Mowrystown is in Bright Local 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 Feb 2022; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Mowrystown is in ZIP code 45155

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of MowrystownZIP’s residents in Mowrystown
45155Mowrystown, OH100%100%

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 Mowrystown

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

Sardinia Village PWS (EPA ID OH0801511). 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 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Mowrystown?

AEP Ohio (Ohio Power Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 19.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Mowrystown?

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

What ZIP codes are in Mowrystown?

45155. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Mowrystown in?

Bright Local School District.

How do I register to vote in Mowrystown?

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, Highland 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.