Photo: en:User:Preost · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Fell Township, PA: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Fell Township goes to 18407 (90% of residents), one of 2 ZIP codes in town. Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson City, 12.6 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Fell 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 Fell Township.
Power comes from PPL Electric Utilities
PPL Electric Utilities (PPL Electric Utilities Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Fell 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 Pa Amer Water Co Brownell
Pa Amer Water Co Brownell supplies Fell Township: about 58% of residents live in its service area. Pa Amer Water Co Fallbrook serves another 17%. Pa Amer Water Co Forest City serves another 14%. About 13% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 12,560 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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. PA2359001.
7 home internet providers serve Fell Township
100% of 1,091 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 20% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams CATV | Cable | 99% | 2,000/40 |
| Xfinity | Cable | 70% | 2,000/250 |
| The North-Eastern Pennsylvania Telephone Company | Fiber, DSL | 22% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 79% | 300/20 |
| ICON Technologies | Fixed wireless | 71% | 100/50 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 24% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Fell Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Fell Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Fell Township is in Carbondale Area School District.
CSchool 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.
Fell Township spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Fell Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Fell Township | ZIP’s residents in Fell Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18407 | Carbondale, PA | 90% | 15% |
| 18421 | Forest City, PA | 10% | 5% |
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 Fell Township
Who supplies Fell Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Pa Amer Water Co Brownell (EPA ID PA2359001). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jun–Sep 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Fell 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 Fell Township?
Adams CATV, Xfinity, The North-Eastern Pennsylvania Telephone Company, Verizon, ICON Technologies, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Fell Township?
18407 (90%), 18421 (10%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Fell Township in?
Carbondale Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Fell 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 Lackawanna 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.