Photo: Photo by and (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) · CC BY-SA 2.5Living in Rapho Township, PA: what to set up and who to call
Rapho Township spans 3 ZIP codes; 17545 holds the most residents (60%). The closest ER is Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center, 6.5 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Rapho 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 Rapho Township.
Power comes from PPL Electric Utilities
PPL Electric Utilities (PPL Electric Utilities Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Rapho Township. Its homes paid an average of 18.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $164 a month (its average across Pennsylvania, for customers on its standard service). Pennsylvania lets you buy power from another supplier; 36% of PPL Electric Utilities’ home customers do, and PPL Electric Utilities still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Mt Joy Boro Auth water system
The Mt Joy Boro Auth water system supplies Rapho Township: about 29% of residents live in its service area. About 60% 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 15,261 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 4.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 6.0 ppb. That’s higher than 87% 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. PA7360091.
Which providers serve Rapho Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Rapho 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.
Trash day in Rapho Township depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Rapho Township, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayLook up your day on raphotownship.com
- Bulky itemsCall to book
Rapho Township Recycle Yard (Yard Waste Recycling Facility)
971 North Colebrook Road, Manheim, PA 17545
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Cost: $20.00 per access card per property per year; $10.00 replacement card
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Aluminum
- Clear glass
- Colored glass
- Steel cans
- Plastics
- Corrugated cardboard
From raphotownship.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Rapho Township is in Manheim Central School District.
BSchool 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 Jan 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Rapho Township spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Rapho Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Rapho Township | ZIP’s residents in Rapho Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17545 | Manheim, PA | 60% | 32% |
| 17552 | Mount Joy, PA | 33% | 19% |
| 17512 | Columbia, PA | 6% | 4% |
A few homes fall in 17022.
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 Rapho Township
Who supplies Rapho Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Mt Joy Boro Auth water system (EPA ID PA7360091). 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 4.0 ppb (Jun–Sep 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Rapho Township?
PPL Electric Utilities (PPL Electric Utilities Corp), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Rapho Township?
17545 (60%), 17552 (33%), 17512 (6%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Rapho Township in?
Manheim Central School District.
How do I register to vote in Rapho 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 Lancaster 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: Rapho Township’s own website (raphotownship.com), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- 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.