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Ferguson Twp., Clearfield Co., PA municipal building, Aug. 2024Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Ferguson Township handbook

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

Power in Ferguson Township comes from United Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Joseph & Elizabeth Shaw Public Library, 13.0 miles away, is the closest library to Ferguson Township.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Ferguson 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 Ferguson Township.

Electricity

Power comes from United Electric Coop

United Electric Coop (United Electric Coop, Inc - (PA)), a cooperative utility, serves all of Ferguson Township.

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 Pike Twp Municipal Authority

Pike Twp Municipal Authority supplies Ferguson 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 surface water and serves 4,500 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.2 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2025, was 1.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.8 ppb. That’s higher than 55% of similar systems’ latest results.

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. PA6170013.

Internet

Which providers serve Ferguson Township

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Ferguson Township, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.

Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Ferguson Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Ferguson Township.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Ferguson 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.

Ferguson Township kids go to
K–6Curwensville Area El Schin Curwensville
7–12Curwensville Area JSHSin Curwensville

Ferguson Township is in Curwensville Area School District.

Test scores and every school: see 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 May 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Ferguson Township spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Ferguson TownshipZIP’s residents in Ferguson Township
16833Curwensville, PA82%8%
16861New Millport, PA10%16%
15753La Jose, PA8%9%

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 Ferguson Township

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

Pike Twp Municipal Authority (EPA ID PA6170013). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.2 ppb (Jun–Sep 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Ferguson Township?

United Electric Coop (United Electric Coop, Inc - (PA)), a cooperative utility.

What ZIP codes are in Ferguson Township?

16833 (82%), 16861 (10%), 15753 (8%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Ferguson Township in?

Curwensville Area School District.

How do I register to vote in Ferguson 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 Clearfield 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): pending.