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The Yorkville handbook

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

Yorkville Village PWS reported one health-based violation to EPA in the last five years: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), beginning Oct 2024. For home internet, most of Yorkville can choose between Xfinity and Frontier.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Yorkville, 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 Yorkville.

Electricity

Power comes from AEP Ohio

AEP Ohio (Ohio Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Yorkville. 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 Yorkville Village PWS

Yorkville Village PWS supplies almost all of Yorkville. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists Tiltonsville PWS as seller) and serves 1,019 people in all.

1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), beginning Oct 2024. 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people had none.

Lead, 90th percentile2.9 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 2.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.9 ppb. That’s higher than 81% 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. OH4103112.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Yorkville

100% of 481 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 83% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable99%2,000/250
FrontierFiber, DSL84%7,000/7,000
VerizonFixed wireless95%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless83%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless73%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 Yorkville’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Yorkville.

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

Yorkville kids go to
PK–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Buckeye Local Junior Highin Rayland
9–12Buckeye Local High Schoolin Rayland

Most of Yorkville (86%) is in Buckeye Local School District; parts are in Martins Ferry City School District (14%).

Test scores and every school: see 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.

Town HallBudget, officials, electionsYorkville’s government in one page
Who runs elections hereDirector, Jefferson County Board of ElectionsElections here are run by Jefferson County (county election office). Most of Yorkville (57%) votes here; the rest in Belmont County (43%). 500 Market St, 1st Flr, Ste. 1, Steubenville, OH 43952-4499 · (740) 283-8522 · [email protected]FVAP, Aug 2019
Register to voteOnlineIn 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).vote.govCheck your registration and polling placevoterlookup.ohiosos.govThe state’s voter lookup

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Aug 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Yorkville is in ZIP code 43971

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of YorkvilleZIP’s residents in Yorkville
43971Yorkville, OH100%94%

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 Yorkville

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

Yorkville Village PWS (EPA ID OH4103112). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions). 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.9 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Yorkville?

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

What internet providers serve Yorkville?

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

What ZIP codes are in Yorkville?

43971. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Yorkville in?

Buckeye Local School District. Parts of the city are in Martins Ferry City School District.

How do I register to vote in Yorkville?

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, Jefferson 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.