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 4.0Living in Maxatawny Township, PA: what to set up and who to call
Power in Maxatawny Township comes from Borough of Kutztown, a municipal utility rather than a private company. Service Electric is the only wired internet provider that reaches most of Maxatawny Township.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Maxatawny 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 Maxatawny Township.
Power comes from Borough of Kutztown
Borough of Kutztown (Borough of Kutztown - (PA)), a municipal utility, serves 53.8% of Maxatawny Township residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Kutztown Borough Water
Kutztown Borough Water supplies Maxatawny Township: about 60% of residents live in its service area. Maxatawny Twp Muni Auth serves another 6%. About 31% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water influenced by surface water and serves 14,200 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 3.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 79% 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. PA3060041.
6 home internet providers serve Maxatawny Township
92% of 1,463 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 22% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Electric | Cable, Fiber | 79% | 2,000/200 |
| Windstream Conestoga | Fiber, DSL | 24% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Borough of Kutztown | Fiber | 11% | 1,000/1,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 60% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 57% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 43% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Maxatawny Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Maxatawny Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Maxatawny Township is in Kutztown Area School District.
A−School 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.
Maxatawny Township spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Maxatawny Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Maxatawny Township | ZIP’s residents in Maxatawny Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19530 | Kutztown, PA | 90% | 44% |
| 19539 | Mertztown, PA | 5% | 8% |
| 19511 | Bowers, PA | 3% | 100% |
| 19538 | Maxatawny, PA | 2% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 19522, 19536.
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 Maxatawny Township
Who supplies Maxatawny Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Kutztown Borough Water (EPA ID PA3060041). 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 3.0 ppb (Jun–Sep 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Maxatawny Township?
Borough of Kutztown (Borough of Kutztown - (PA)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Maxatawny Township?
Service Electric, Windstream Conestoga, Borough of Kutztown, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Maxatawny Township?
19530 (90%), 19539 (5%), 19511 (3%), 19538 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Maxatawny Township in?
Kutztown Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Maxatawny 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.