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The Bloss Township handbook

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

Power in Bloss Township comes from Tri-County Rural Elec Coop Inc (PA), a cooperative utility rather than a private company. UPMC Wellsboro, 9.8 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Bloss 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 Bloss Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Tri-County Rural Elec Coop Inc (PA)

Tri-County Rural Elec Coop Inc (PA) (Tri-County Rural Elec Coop Inc (PA)), a cooperative utility, serves all of Bloss Township. Its homes paid an average of 22.4¢ 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 Bloss Township Waterworks

Bloss Township Waterworks supplies Bloss Township: about 92% of residents live in its service area. About 8% 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 325 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 percentile2.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 1996, was 2.0 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. PA2590044.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Bloss Township

91% of 243 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 70% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Blue Ridge Cable TechnologiesCable89%2,000/40
FrontierFiber68%7,000/7,000
VerizonFixed wireless21%300/20
Xtreme5GFixed wireless10%25/5
River Valley InternetFixed wireless7%100/50

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

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

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Bloss Township.

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

Bloss Township kids go to
K–63 schoolsDepends on your address
7–122 schoolsDepends on your address

Bloss Township is in Southern Tioga 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 Sep 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Bloss Township spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Bloss TownshipZIP’s residents in Bloss Township
16911Arnot, PA48%100%
16912Blossburg, PA44%7%
16901Wellsboro, PA8%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 Bloss Township

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

Bloss Township Waterworks (EPA ID PA2590044). 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 2.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 1996), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Bloss Township?

Tri-County Rural Elec Coop Inc (PA) (Tri-County Rural Elec Coop Inc (PA)), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 22.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Bloss Township?

Blue Ridge Cable Technologies, Frontier, Verizon, Xtreme5G, River Valley Internet (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Bloss Township?

16911 (48%), 16912 (44%), 16901 (8%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Bloss Township in?

Southern Tioga School District.

How do I register to vote in Bloss 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 Tioga 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.