Photo: JonRidinger · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Rootstown Township, OH: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Rootstown Township goes to 44266 (46% of residents), one of 5 ZIP codes in town. Reed Memorial Library, 4.0 miles away, is the closest library to Rootstown Township.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Rootstown Township, 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 Rootstown Township.
Power comes from Ohio Edison
Ohio Edison (Ohio Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Rootstown Township. Its homes paid an average of 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $131 a month (its average across Ohio, for customers on its standard service). Ohio lets you buy power from another supplier; 72% of Ohio Edison’s home customers do, and Ohio Edison still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Ravenna City PWS
Ravenna City PWS supplies Rootstown Township: about 25% of residents live in its service area. About 75% 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 16,000 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 3.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.8 ppb. 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. OH6703211.
4 home internet providers serve Rootstown Township
98% of 3,499 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 9% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 98% | 1,000/35 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, Fiber, DSL | 30% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 46% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 42% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Rootstown Township
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Rootstown Township, from the town’s own site.
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Plastics #1 and #2 (please rinse)
- Glass Bottles & Jars (please rinse)
- Aluminum & Tin cans (please rinse)
- Cartons, milk, juice, food (please rinse)
- Paper
- Newspaper
- Magazines
- Receipts / Junk Mail
- Cardboard (throw out take-out containers that have food waste imbedded)
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check rootstowntwp.com →
From rootstowntwp.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026. 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.
Rootstown Township is in Rootstown 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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Aug 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Rootstown Township spans 5 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Rootstown Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Rootstown Township | ZIP’s residents in Rootstown Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44266 | Ravenna, OH | 46% | 12% |
| 44272 | Rootstown, OH | 44% | 71% |
| 44240 | Kent, OH | 6% | 1% |
| 44201 | Atwater, OH | 3% | 4% |
| 44260 | Mogadore, OH | 1% | 1% |
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 Rootstown Township
Who supplies Rootstown Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Ravenna City PWS (EPA ID OH6703211). 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–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Rootstown Township?
Ohio Edison (Ohio Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Rootstown Township?
Spectrum, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Rootstown Township?
44266 (46%), 44272 (44%), 44240 (6%), 44201 (3%), 44260 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Rootstown Township in?
Rootstown Local School District.
How do I register to vote in Rootstown 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, Portage 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: Rootstown Township’s own website (rootstowntwp.com), 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.