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The Pike Township handbook

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

Pike Township spans 3 ZIP codes; 45154 holds the most residents (74%). Most of Pike Township has one wired internet choice: Spectrum.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Pike Township, 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 Pike Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Duke Energy

Duke Energy (Duke Energy Ohio, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Pike Township. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Mount Orab Village PWS

Mount Orab Village PWS supplies Pike Township: about 40% of residents live in its service area. About 58% 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.

Lead, 90th percentile1.9 ppb
015 ppb action level20

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.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Pike Township

97% of 1,809 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 25% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber94%1,000/1,000
FrontierDSL33%10/1
altafiberFiber10%2,000/2,000
connectSCPFiber4%1,000/1,000
Ohio Transparent TelecomFixed wireless78%50/10
VerizonFixed wireless34%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 Pike Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Pike Township.

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

Pike Township kids go to
K–82 schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Western Brown High Schoolin Mount Orab

Pike Township 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.

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

Pike Township spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Pike TownshipZIP’s residents in Pike Township
45154Mount Orab, OH74%32%
45176Williamsburg, OH16%7%
45106Bethel, OH10%3%

A few homes fall in 45171.

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 Pike Township

Who supplies Pike Township’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 Pike Township?

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 Pike Township?

Spectrum, Frontier, altafiber, connectSCP, Ohio Transparent Telecom, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Pike Township?

45154 (74%), 45176 (16%), 45106 (10%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Pike Township in?

Western Brown Local School District.

How do I register to vote in Pike 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, 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: 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.