Photo: 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 4.0Living in Hereford Township, PA: what to set up and who to call
Hereford Township spans 7 ZIP codes; 18056 holds the most residents (32%). For emergencies, Hereford Township is closest to Lehigh Valley Hospital - Macungie, 5.2 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hereford 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 Hereford Township.
Power comes from Met-Ed
Met-Ed (Metropolitan Edison Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Hereford Township.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Hereford Est MHP
Hereford Est MHP supplies Hereford Township: about 21% of residents live in its service area. Red Hill Water Authority serves another 8%. Upper Hanover Water Authority serves another 7%. About 61% 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 710 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 1996, was 4.0 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. PA3060037.
6 home internet providers serve Hereford Township
95% of 1,301 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 21% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Electric | Cable | 65% | 1,000/40 |
| Xfinity | Cable | 49% | 1,200/35 |
| Windstream Conestoga | DSL, Fiber | 37% | 2,000/2,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 35% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 20% | 25/3 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 17% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Hereford Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Hereford Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Hereford Township is in Upper Perkiomen School District.
BSchool 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.
Hereford Township spans 7 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Hereford Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hereford Township | ZIP’s residents in Hereford Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18056 | Hereford, PA | 32% | 100% |
| 19504 | Barto, PA | 30% | 17% |
| 18062 | Macungie, PA | 19% | 2% |
| 18070 | Palm, PA | 9% | 30% |
| 18092 | Zionsville, PA | 6% | 5% |
| 18041 | East Greenville, PA | 2% | 1% |
| 19503 | Bally, PA | 1% | 2% |
A few homes fall in 18011, 19505.
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 Hereford Township
Who supplies Hereford Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Hereford Est MHP (EPA ID PA3060037). 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 4.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 1996), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hereford Township?
Met-Ed (Metropolitan Edison Co.), an investor-owned utility.
What internet providers serve Hereford Township?
Service Electric, Xfinity, Windstream Conestoga, T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Hereford Township?
18056 (32%), 19504 (30%), 18062 (19%), 18070 (9%), 18092 (6%), 18041 (2%), 19503 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hereford Township in?
Upper Perkiomen School District.
How do I register to vote in Hereford 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 Berks 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.