Living in Curtin Township, PA: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Curtin Township goes to 16841 (87% of residents), one of 2 ZIP codes in town. For an emergency, Bucktail Medical Center is the closest ER, 16.7 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Curtin 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 Curtin Township.
Power comes from West Penn Power
West Penn Power (West Penn Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Curtin Township.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Orviston Water Assoc Inc
Orviston Water Assoc Inc supplies Curtin Township: about 13% of residents live in its service area. About 87% 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 72 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 1993, was 26.0 ppb, above the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 1993: 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. PA4140104.
Which providers serve Curtin Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Curtin 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 Curtin Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Curtin Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Curtin Township is in Keystone Central 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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Curtin Township spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Curtin Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Curtin Township | ZIP’s residents in Curtin Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16841 | Howard, PA | 87% | 8% |
| 16864 | Orviston, PA | 13% | 100% |
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 Curtin Township
Who supplies Curtin Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Orviston Water Assoc Inc (EPA ID PA4140104). 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 26.0 ppb (Jul–Dec 1993), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Curtin Township?
West Penn Power (West Penn Power Co.), an investor-owned utility.
What ZIP codes are in Curtin Township?
16841 (87%), 16864 (13%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Curtin Township in?
Keystone Central School District.
How do I register to vote in Curtin 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 Centre 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.