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The Powell handbook

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

Trash goes out on Tuesdays in Powell. Mount Carmel Dublin, 6.1 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Powell, 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 Powell.

Electricity

Power comes from AEP Ohio

AEP Ohio (Ohio Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Powell. 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 Del-Co Water

Del-Co Water supplies almost all of Powell. It draws surface water and serves 150,000 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 0.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.2 ppb. That’s lower than 61% 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. OH2101412.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Powell

99% of 4,434 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 15% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber98%1,000/35
AT&TFixed wireless, DSL, Fiber77%100/20
FrontierFiber9%5,000/5,000
T-MobileFixed wireless71%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless60%300/20
Bresco BroadbandFixed wireless3%100/100

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Powell is Tuesday

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Powell, from the town’s own site.

Trash dayTuesdayEvery week
Pickup calendar

This month

  • TrashEvery week
  • RecyclingEvery week, Tue
What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Newspapers
  • Phone books
  • Magazines
  • Catalogs less than an 1" thick
  • Brown paper bags
  • Clamshells
  • Clear, brown and green glass bottles and jars
  • Paper milk/juice box containers
  • No. 1 and No. 2 plastic bottles that contained liquid (i.e. milk jugs)
  • Two-liter soda bottles
  • Detergent jugs
  • Tin/steel food cans
  • Aluminum and bi-metal beverage cans
  • Aluminum foil pans that have been rinsed before disposal
Recycling drop-off

Pendleton's Automotive

127 South Liberty Street

Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsBulk items picked up on regular service day; schedule 24 hours in advance by calling Rumpke at 1-800-828-8171

From cityofpowell.us, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated Jan. 1, 2020. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Powell kids go to
PK–517 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–86 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–124 high schoolsDepends on your address

Powell is in Olentangy Local 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.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2022; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Powell is in ZIP code 43065

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of PowellZIP’s residents in Powell
43065Powell, OH100%32%

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 Powell

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

Del-Co Water (EPA ID OH2101412). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.8 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Powell?

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

What internet providers serve Powell?

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

What ZIP codes are in Powell?

43065. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Powell in?

Olentangy Local School District.

How do I register to vote in Powell?

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, Delaware 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: Powell’s own website (cityofpowell.us), read Oct 23, 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.