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The McVeytown handbook

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

Power in McVeytown comes from Valley Rural Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Fiber reaches 100% of addresses in McVeytown.

I’m new in town

What to set up in McVeytown, 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 McVeytown.

Electricity

Power comes from Valley Rural Electric Coop

Valley Rural Electric Coop (Valley Rural Electric Coop Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of McVeytown. Its homes paid an average of 15.1¢ per kWh in 2025, about $148 a month (its average across Pennsylvania).

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 Mcveytown Boro Auth water system

The Mcveytown Boro Auth water system supplies almost all of McVeytown. It draws ground water and serves 478 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.

Lead, 90th percentile1.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 1995, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 1995: 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. PA4440011.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve McVeytown

100% of 155 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Zito MediaCable, Fiber100%1,000/1,000
Mifflin County WirelessFixed wireless100%100/20
PA.netFixed wireless100%200/50
VerizonFixed wireless94%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless83%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless60%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 McVeytown’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in McVeytown.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

McVeytown kids go to
K–34 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–7Mifflin Co MSin Lewistown
10–12Mifflin Co HSin Lewistown

McVeytown is in Mifflin County 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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

McVeytown is in ZIP code 17051

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of McVeytownZIP’s residents in McVeytown
17051Mc Veytown, PA100%8%

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 McVeytown

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

The Mcveytown Boro Auth water system (EPA ID PA4440011). 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 1.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 1995), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in McVeytown?

Valley Rural Electric Coop (Valley Rural Electric Coop Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 15.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve McVeytown?

Zito Media, Mifflin County Wireless, PA.net, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in McVeytown?

17051. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is McVeytown in?

Mifflin County School District.

How do I register to vote in McVeytown?

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 Mifflin 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.