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The Highland Township handbook

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

Highland Township spans 4 ZIP codes; 19365 holds the most residents (47%). The ER is a drive from Highland Township: the closest is Chester County Hospital, 16 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Highland 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 Highland Township.

Electricity

Power comes from PECO Energy

PECO Energy (PECO Energy Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Highland Township. Its homes paid an average of 18.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $136 a month (its average across Pennsylvania, for customers on its standard service). Pennsylvania lets you buy power from another supplier; 20% of PECO Energy’s home customers do, and PECO Energy 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 Pa American Coatesville water system

The Pa American Coatesville water system supplies Highland Township: about 7% of residents live in its service area. Highland Court serves another 5%. About 88% 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 36,960 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.

Lead, 90th percentile2.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2025, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 65% 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. PA1150106.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Highland Township

85% of 505 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 74% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
VerizonFiber, Fixed wireless76%980/880
FrontierFiber, DSL18%5,000/5,000
XfinityCable5%2,000/250
ArmstrongCable, Fiber2%1,000/1,000
T-MobileFixed wireless52%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless18%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 Highland Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Highland Township.

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

Highland Township kids go to
K–2Octorara Primary LCOctorara Area School District
3–4Octorara El SchOctorara Area School District
7–8Octorara Area MSin Atglen
9–12Octorara Area JSHSin Atglen

Highland Township is in Octorara Area 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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Highland Township spans 4 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Highland TownshipZIP’s residents in Highland Township
19365Parkesburg, PA47%8%
19320Coatesville, PA34%1%
19330Cochranville, PA15%3%
19310Atglen, PA4%2%

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 Highland Township

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

The Pa American Coatesville water system (EPA ID PA1150106). 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 2.0 ppb (Jun–Sep 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Highland Township?

PECO Energy (PECO Energy Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Highland Township?

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

What ZIP codes are in Highland Township?

19365 (47%), 19320 (34%), 19330 (15%), 19310 (4%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Highland Township in?

Octorara Area School District.

How do I register to vote in Highland 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 Chester 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.