Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Oakland Township, PA: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Oakland Township goes to 16301 (38% of residents), one of 4 ZIP codes in town. UPMC Northwest, 9.9 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Oakland 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 Oakland Township.
Water comes from Sugarcreek Borough water system
The Sugarcreek Borough water system supplies Oakland Township: about 0% of residents live in its service area. About 100% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists General Authority of Franklin as seller) and serves 1,000 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–Jun 2000, was 22.8 ppb, above the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2000: 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. PA6610044.
Which providers serve Oakland Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Oakland Township, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Oakland Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Oakland Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Oakland Township is in Oil City 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.
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.
Oakland Township spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Oakland Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Oakland Township | ZIP’s residents in Oakland Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16301 | Oil City, PA | 38% | 3% |
| 16323 | Franklin, PA | 32% | 3% |
| 16317 | Cooperstown, PA | 21% | 22% |
| 16354 | Titusville, PA | 10% | 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 Oakland Township
Who supplies Oakland Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Sugarcreek Borough water system (EPA ID PA6610044). 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 22.8 ppb (Jan–Jun 2000), against a 15 ppb action level.
What ZIP codes are in Oakland Township?
16301 (38%), 16323 (32%), 16317 (21%), 16354 (10%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Oakland Township in?
Oil City Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Oakland 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 Venango 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.
- 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): pending.