Photo: jpmueller99 from Shenandoah Valley of VA, USA · CC BY 2.0Living in Delaware Township, PA: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Delaware Township goes to 17094 (74% of residents), one of 4 ZIP codes in town. The ER is a drive from Delaware Township: the closest is Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital, 19.5 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Delaware 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 Delaware Township.
Power comes from PPL Electric Utilities
PPL Electric Utilities (PPL Electric Utilities Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Delaware 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.
Water comes from Thompsontown Muni Auth water system
The Thompsontown Muni Auth water system supplies Delaware Township: about 19% of residents live in its service area. Aqua Pa Inc Meribah Water Co serves another 9%. About 72% 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 1,000 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 1996, was 3.0 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. PA4340007.
Which providers serve Delaware Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Delaware 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 Delaware Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Delaware Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Delaware Township is in Juniata County 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.
Delaware Township spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Delaware Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Delaware Township | ZIP’s residents in Delaware Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17094 | Thompsontown, PA | 74% | 51% |
| 17059 | Mifflintown, PA | 17% | 4% |
| 17049 | Mc Alisterville, PA | 5% | 3% |
| 17062 | Millerstown, PA | 4% | 2% |
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 Delaware Township
Who supplies Delaware Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Thompsontown Muni Auth water system (EPA ID PA4340007). 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 3.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 1996), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Delaware 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 Delaware Township?
17094 (74%), 17059 (17%), 17049 (5%), 17062 (4%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Delaware Township in?
Juniata County School District.
How do I register to vote in Delaware 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 Juniata 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.