Photo: Coemgenus · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in District Township, PA: what to set up and who to call
District Township spans 6 ZIP codes; 18011 holds the most residents (47%). For a library card, the closest branch is Brandywine Community Library, 4.8 miles out.
I’m new in town
What to set up in District 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 District Township.
Power comes from Met-Ed
Met-Ed (Metropolitan Edison Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of District Township.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Geisingers MHP
Geisingers MHP supplies District Township: about 7% of residents live in its service area. About 93% 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 84 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 1999, was 35.5 ppb, above the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 1999: 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. PA3060005.
4 home internet providers serve District Township
74% of 584 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 17% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Electric | Cable, Fiber | 60% | 2,000/200 |
| Windstream Conestoga | DSL, Fiber | 60% | 2,000/2,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 32% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 27% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have District Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in District Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
District Township is in Brandywine Heights Area School District.
BSchool 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.
District Township spans 6 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where District Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of District Township | ZIP’s residents in District Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18011 | Alburtis, PA | 47% | 11% |
| 19504 | Barto, PA | 18% | 5% |
| 19512 | Boyertown, PA | 17% | 1% |
| 19505 | Bechtelsville, PA | 13% | 5% |
| 19539 | Mertztown, PA | 3% | 1% |
| 19547 | Oley, PA | 1% | 0% |
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 District Township
Who supplies District Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Geisingers MHP (EPA ID PA3060005). 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 35.5 ppb (Jul–Dec 1999), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in District Township?
Met-Ed (Metropolitan Edison Co.), an investor-owned utility.
What internet providers serve District Township?
Service Electric, Windstream Conestoga, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in District Township?
18011 (47%), 19504 (18%), 19512 (17%), 19505 (13%), 19539 (3%), 19547 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is District Township in?
Brandywine Heights Area School District.
How do I register to vote in District 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 Berks 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.