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2022-06-06 12 25 56 View north along Pennsylvania State Route 8 (Pittsburgh Road) at Pennsylvania State Route 208 (Barkeyville Road-Clintonville Road) in Barkeyville, Venango County, PennsylvaniaPhoto: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Barkeyville handbook

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

Power in Barkeyville comes from Central Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Children in Barkeyville attend Franklin Area School District.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Barkeyville, 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 Barkeyville.

Electricity

Power comes from Central Electric Coop

Central Electric Coop (Central Electric Coop, Inc - (PA)), a cooperative utility, serves all of Barkeyville. Its homes paid an average of 16.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $134 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 Barkeyville Mun Authority

Barkeyville Mun Authority supplies Barkeyville: about 96% of residents live in its service area. About 4% 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 1,600 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 1996, was 0.8 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. PA6610036.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Barkeyville

99% of 129 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
ArmstrongCable97%1,000/20
VerizonFixed wireless65%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless60%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless4%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 Barkeyville’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Barkeyville.

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

Barkeyville kids go to
PK–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–12Franklin Area JSHSin Franklin

Barkeyville is in Franklin 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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Barkeyville spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of BarkeyvilleZIP’s residents in Barkeyville
16038Harrisville, PA74%4%
16127Grove City, PA26%0%

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 Barkeyville

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

Barkeyville Mun Authority (EPA ID PA6610036). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.8 ppb (Jul–Dec 1996), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Barkeyville?

Central Electric Coop (Central Electric Coop, Inc - (PA)), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 16.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Barkeyville?

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

What ZIP codes are in Barkeyville?

16038 (74%), 16127 (26%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Barkeyville in?

Franklin Area School District.

How do I register to vote in Barkeyville?

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 Venango 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.