Photo: User:Nyttend · Public domainLiving in Turtlecreek Township, OH: what to set up and who to call
Turtlecreek Township spans 5 ZIP codes; 45036 holds the most residents (78%). Lebanon Public Library, 5.4 miles away, is the closest library to Turtlecreek Township.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Turtlecreek 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 Turtlecreek Township.
Power comes from Duke Energy
Duke Energy (Duke Energy Ohio, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Turtlecreek 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.
Water comes from Western Water Company
Western Water Company supplies Turtlecreek Township: about 24% of residents live in its service area. Lebanon Correctional Institution serves another 18%. Middletown City PWS serves another 9%. About 48% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Brown County Rural Water and Clermont Public Water System and Greater Cincinnati Water Works (GCWW) and Highland County Water Company, Inc. and Warren County as sellers) and serves 39,508 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 1.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.0 ppb. That’s higher than 54% 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. OH8300512.
7 home internet providers serve Turtlecreek Township
85% of 5,454 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 32% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 93% | 1,000/1,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL | 68% | 100/20 |
| altafiber Extended Territories | Fiber | 27% | 3,000/3,000 |
| Brightspeed | Fiber, DSL, Fixed wireless | 9% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Little Miami Gig | Fiber | 3% | 10,000/10,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 58% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Turtlecreek Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Turtlecreek Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Turtlecreek Township (90%) is in Lebanon City School District; parts are in Monroe Local School District (7%).
A−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 2020; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Turtlecreek Township spans 5 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Turtlecreek Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Turtlecreek Township | ZIP’s residents in Turtlecreek Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45036 | Lebanon, OH | 78% | 34% |
| 45044 | Middletown, OH | 11% | 4% |
| 45005 | Franklin, OH | 5% | 3% |
| 45054 | Oregonia, OH | 4% | 25% |
| 45040 | Mason, OH | 2% | 1% |
A few homes fall in 45050.
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 Turtlecreek Township
Who supplies Turtlecreek Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Western Water Company (EPA ID OH8300512). 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 1.3 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Turtlecreek 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 Turtlecreek Township?
Spectrum, AT&T, altafiber Extended Territories, Brightspeed, Little Miami Gig, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Turtlecreek Township?
45036 (78%), 45044 (11%), 45005 (5%), 45054 (4%), 45040 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Turtlecreek Township in?
Lebanon City School District. Parts of the city are in Monroe Local School District.
How do I register to vote in Turtlecreek 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, Warren 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.