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The Beaver Township handbook

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

Most mail in Beaver Township goes to 17813 (66% of residents), one of 3 ZIP codes in town. For an emergency, Wellspan Evangelical Community Hospital is the closest ER, 21 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Beaver 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 Beaver Township.

Electricity

Power comes from PPL Electric Utilities

PPL Electric Utilities (PPL Electric Utilities Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Beaver Township. Its homes paid an average of 18.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $164 a month (its average across Pennsylvania, for customers on its standard service). Pennsylvania lets you buy power from another supplier; 36% of PPL Electric Utilities’ home customers do, and PPL Electric Utilities 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 Beavertown Municipal Authority

Beavertown Municipal Authority supplies Beaver Township: about 21% of residents live in its service area. Spring Twp Municipal Authority serves another 11%. About 70% 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 935 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile18.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 1996, was 18.0 ppb, above 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. PA4550012.

Internet

Which providers serve Beaver Township

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Beaver 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 Beaver Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Beaver Township.

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

Beaver Township kids go to
K–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–7Midd-West MSin Middleburg
8–12Midd-West HSin Middleburg

Beaver Township is in Midd-West 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 Dec 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Beaver Township spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Beaver TownshipZIP’s residents in Beaver Township
17813Beavertown, PA66%16%
17842Middleburg, PA31%2%
17812Beaver Springs, PA3%1%

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 Beaver Township

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

Beavertown Municipal Authority (EPA ID PA4550012). 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 18.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 1996), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Beaver Township?

PPL Electric Utilities (PPL Electric Utilities Corp), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What ZIP codes are in Beaver Township?

17813 (66%), 17842 (31%), 17812 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Beaver Township in?

Midd-West School District.

How do I register to vote in Beaver 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 Snyder 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.