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 Lathrop Township, PA: what to set up and who to call
Power in Lathrop Township comes from Claverack Rural Elec Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Public schools here are run by Mountain View School District.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lathrop 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 Lathrop Township.
Power comes from Claverack Rural Elec Coop
Claverack Rural Elec Coop (Claverack Rural Elec Coop Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Lathrop Township. Its homes paid an average of 18.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $161 a month (its average across Pennsylvania).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Aqua Pa Water Co Hop Bottom
Aqua Pa Water Co Hop Bottom supplies Lathrop Township: about 4% of residents live in its service area. About 96% 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 174 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 1996, was 6.0 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. PA2580012.
5 home internet providers serve Lathrop Township
86% of 408 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 84% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revolution Broadband | Fiber | 77% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | DSL, Fiber | 61% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Adams CATV | Cable | 5% | 2,000/40 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 14% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 5% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Lathrop Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lathrop Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Lathrop Township is in Mountain View 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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Aug 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Lathrop Township spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Lathrop Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lathrop Township | ZIP’s residents in Lathrop Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18446 | Nicholson, PA | 51% | 11% |
| 18824 | Hop Bottom, PA | 48% | 32% |
| 18844 | Springville, PA | 1% | 1% |
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 Lathrop Township
Who supplies Lathrop Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Aqua Pa Water Co Hop Bottom (EPA ID PA2580012). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 6.0 ppb (Jul–Dec 1996), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lathrop Township?
Claverack Rural Elec Coop (Claverack Rural Elec Coop Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 18.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Lathrop Township?
Revolution Broadband, Frontier, Adams CATV, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Lathrop Township?
18446 (51%), 18824 (48%), 18844 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lathrop Township in?
Mountain View School District.
How do I register to vote in Lathrop 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 Susquehanna 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.