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The Addison Township handbook

Living in Addison Township, PA: what to set up and who to call

Power in Addison Township comes from Somerset Rural Elec Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center, 14 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Addison 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 Addison Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Somerset Rural Elec Coop

Somerset Rural Elec Coop (Somerset Rural Elec Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves 88.5% of Addison Township residents. Its homes paid an average of 14.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $128 a month (its average across Pennsylvania).

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 Addison Area Water Auth

Addison Area Water Auth supplies Addison Township: about 14% of residents live in its service area. About 86% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 284 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.

Lead, 90th percentile10.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 1996, was 10.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 1996: EPA has no newer result for this system.

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. PA4560028.

Internet

Which providers serve Addison Township

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Addison Township, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.

Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.

Trash & recycling

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

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Addison Township.

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

Addison Township kids go to
PK–6Turkeyfoot Valley Area El Schin Confluence
7–12Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHSin Confluence

Addison Township is in Turkeyfoot Valley Area School District.

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.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Addison Township spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Addison TownshipZIP’s residents in Addison Township
15411Addison, PA46%72%
15424Confluence, PA31%13%
15540Fort Hill, PA24%55%

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 Addison Township

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

Addison Area Water Auth (EPA ID PA4560028). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 10.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 1996), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Addison Township?

Somerset Rural Elec Coop (Somerset Rural Elec Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 14.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What ZIP codes are in Addison Township?

15411 (46%), 15424 (31%), 15540 (24%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Addison Township in?

Turkeyfoot Valley Area School District.

How do I register to vote in Addison Township?

In Pennsylvania you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person until 15 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Somerset County Board of Elections. Check your registration at pavoterservices.pa.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 Nov 18, 2024 (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): pending.