Living in Drumore Township, PA: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Drumore Township goes to 17518 (52% of residents), one of 4 ZIP codes in town. For an emergency, Lancaster General Hospital is the closest ER, 16.7 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Drumore 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 Drumore Township.
Power comes from PPL Electric Utilities
PPL Electric Utilities (PPL Electric Utilities Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Drumore 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 Drumore MHP
Drumore MHP supplies Drumore Township: about 4% of residents live in its service area. About 94% 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 40 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 Jan–Dec 1996, was 13.8 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. PA7360019.
6 home internet providers serve Drumore Township
93% of 899 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 82% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 87% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Xfinity | Cable | 50% | 1,200/35 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 51% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 24% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 23% | 25/3 |
| Upward Broadband | Fixed wireless | 22% | 100/40 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Drumore Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Drumore Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Drumore Township is in Solanco School District.
C+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 Jan 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Drumore Township spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Drumore Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Drumore Township | ZIP’s residents in Drumore Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17518 | Drumore, PA | 52% | 100% |
| 17563 | Peach Bottom, PA | 21% | 14% |
| 17566 | Quarryville, PA | 15% | 3% |
| 17532 | Holtwood, PA | 12% | 9% |
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 Drumore Township
Who supplies Drumore Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Drumore MHP (EPA ID PA7360019). 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 13.8 ppb (Jan–Dec 1996), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Drumore Township?
PPL Electric Utilities (PPL Electric Utilities Corp), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Drumore Township?
Frontier, Xfinity, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, Upward Broadband (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Drumore Township?
17518 (52%), 17563 (21%), 17566 (15%), 17532 (12%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Drumore Township in?
Solanco School District.
How do I register to vote in Drumore 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 Lancaster 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.