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2024-10-09 12 52 32 View west towards Mount Davis from the east end of Mount Davis Road in Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, PennsylvaniaPhoto: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Elk Lick Township handbook

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

Power in Elk Lick Township comes from Somerset Rural Elec Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Wired internet is thin in Elk Lick Township: the FCC’s map has 57% of addresses able to get it.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Elk Lick 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 Elk Lick Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Somerset Rural Elec Coop

Somerset Rural Elec Coop (Somerset Rural Elec Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves 73.9% of Elk Lick Township residents. Its homes paid an average of 14.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $128 a month (its average across Pennsylvania).

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 Salisbury Boro Water Comm

Salisbury Boro Water Comm supplies Elk Lick Township: about 6% 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 725 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.

Lead, 90th percentile13.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 1996, was 13.0 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. PA4560041.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Elk Lick Township

73% of 998 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable58%2,000/250
VerizonFixed wireless64%300/20
AT&TFixed wireless31%25/3
T-MobileFixed wireless23%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Elk Lick Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Elk Lick Township.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Elk Lick Township or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Elk Lick Township kids go to
K–6Salisbury-Elk Lick El Schin Salisbury
7–12Salisbury-Elk Lick JSHSin Salisbury

Elk Lick Township is in Salisbury-Elk Lick 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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Elk Lick Township spans 6 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Elk Lick TownshipZIP’s residents in Elk Lick Township
15558Salisbury, PA47%56%
15552Meyersdale, PA29%11%
15562Springs, PA12%100%
15532Boynton, PA5%100%
15540Fort Hill, PA4%21%
15565West Salisbury, PA2%100%

A few homes fall in 15542.

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 Elk Lick Township

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

Salisbury Boro Water Comm (EPA ID PA4560041). 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 13.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 1996), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Elk Lick Township?

Somerset Rural Elec Coop (Somerset Rural Elec Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 14.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Elk Lick Township?

Xfinity, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Elk Lick Township?

15558 (47%), 15552 (29%), 15562 (12%), 15532 (5%), 15540 (4%), 15565 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Elk Lick Township in?

Salisbury-Elk Lick School District.

How do I register to vote in Elk Lick 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 Somerset 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.