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The Elizabeth Township handbook

Living in Elizabeth Township, PA: what to set up and who to call

The closest public drop-off to Elizabeth Township is Lebanon Farms Disposal, 4 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it. Public schools here are run by Warwick School District.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Elizabeth Township, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Elizabeth Township.

Electricity

Power comes from PPL Electric Utilities

PPL Electric Utilities (PPL Electric Utilities Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Elizabeth 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Spring Lake Park

Spring Lake Park supplies Elizabeth Township: about 10% of residents live in its service area. About 90% 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 35 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.

Lead, 90th percentile21.5 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2015, was 21.5 ppb, above the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2015: 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. PA7360076.

Internet

8 home internet providers serve Elizabeth Township

100% of 1,473 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 77% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Windstream D&EFiber, DSL91%2,000/2,000
Blue Ridge Cable TechnologiesFiber, Cable86%2,000/2,000
XfinityCable, Fiber7%2,000/250
VerizonFixed wireless79%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless75%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless44%25/3

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

The nearest public drop-off is 4 miles away

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Elizabeth Township.

Nearest public drop-off · 4.2 mi from the center of Elizabeth Township

Lebanon Farms Disposal

This isn’t Elizabeth Township’s own facility. Whether Elizabeth Township residents may use it is the town’s rule: check elizabethtownship.net.

OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Elizabeth Township kids go to
K–64 schoolsDepends on your address
7–9Warwick MSin Lititz
10–12Warwick SHSin Lititz

Elizabeth Township is in Warwick School District.

A−School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

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.

ZIP codes & area codes

Elizabeth Township spans 2 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Elizabeth Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Elizabeth TownshipZIP’s residents in Elizabeth Township
17543Lititz, PA95%8%
17073Newmanstown, PA5%3%

A few homes fall in 17545.

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Elizabeth Township

Who supplies Elizabeth Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Spring Lake Park (EPA ID PA7360076). 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 21.5 ppb (Jan–Jun 2015), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth Township?

Windstream D&E, Blue Ridge Cable Technologies, Xfinity, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Elizabeth Township?

17543 (95%), 17073 (5%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Elizabeth Township in?

Warwick School District.

How do I register to vote in Elizabeth 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.