Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Living in Columbus Township, PA: what to set up and who to call
Power in Columbus Township comes from Warren Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Public schools here are run by Corry Area School District.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Columbus Township, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Columbus Township.
Power comes from Warren Electric Coop
Warren Electric Coop (Warren Electric Coop Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Columbus Township.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Municipal Authority of Corry
Municipal Authority of Corry supplies Columbus Township: about 47% of residents live in its service area. About 53% 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 7,800 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2025, was 1.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.5 ppb. That’s higher than 59% 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. PA6250012.
Which providers serve Columbus Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Columbus 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.
We don’t have Columbus Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Columbus Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Columbus Township is in Corry Area School District.
B+School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
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.
Columbus Township spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Columbus Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Columbus Township | ZIP’s residents in Columbus Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16407 | Corry, PA | 57% | 9% |
| 16405 | Columbus, PA | 40% | 100% |
| 16402 | Bear Lake, PA | 2% | 4% |
A few homes fall in 16436.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
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 Columbus Township
Who supplies Columbus Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Municipal Authority of Corry (EPA ID PA6250012). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.4 ppb (Jun–Sep 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Columbus Township?
Warren Electric Coop (Warren Electric Coop Inc), a cooperative utility.
What ZIP codes are in Columbus Township?
16407 (57%), 16405 (40%), 16402 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Columbus Township in?
Corry Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Columbus 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 Warren 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.