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The Prospect Township handbook

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

Prospect Township runs its own electric utility, Prospect Corporation. Spectrum and Frontier both wire most of Prospect Township; 63% of addresses can get fiber.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Prospect 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 Prospect Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Prospect Corporation

Prospect Corporation (Prospect Corporation), a municipal utility, serves 52.2% of Prospect Township residents.

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 Aqua Ohio - Marion

Aqua Ohio - Marion supplies Prospect Township: about 66% of residents live in its service area. About 34% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 47,102 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile3.7 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 3.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 86% 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. OH5100414.

Internet

11 home internet providers serve Prospect Township

97% of 1,003 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 63% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber61%1,000/35
FrontierFiber, DSL54%7,000/7,000
SpeedwavzFixed wireless, Fiber10%1,000/1,000
Consolidated FiberFiber2%1,000/1,000
Mercury FiberFixed wireless90%150/20
AT&TFixed wireless77%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Prospect Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Prospect Township.

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

Prospect Township kids go to
K–5Elgin Elementary Schoolin Marion
6–8Elgin Middle Schoolin Marion
9–12Elgin High Schoolin Marion

Prospect Township is in Elgin Local School District.

B−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 Jul 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Prospect Township spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Prospect TownshipZIP’s residents in Prospect Township
43342Prospect, OH98%61%
43344Richwood, OH2%1%

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 Prospect Township

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

Aqua Ohio - Marion (EPA ID OH5100414). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.7 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Prospect Township?

Prospect Corporation (Prospect Corporation), a municipal utility.

What internet providers serve Prospect Township?

Spectrum, Frontier, Speedwavz, Consolidated Fiber, Mercury Fiber, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Prospect Township?

43342 (98%), 43344 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Prospect Township in?

Elgin Local School District.

How do I register to vote in Prospect 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, Marion 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.