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The Rome handbook

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

Power in Rome comes from Claverack Rural Elec Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Towanda Public Library, 8.1 miles away, is the closest library to Rome.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Rome, 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 Rome.

Electricity

Power comes from Claverack Rural Elec Coop

Claverack Rural Elec Coop (Claverack Rural Elec Coop Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Rome. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Seven Hills MHP

Seven Hills MHP supplies Rome: about 30% of residents live in its service area. Kelleys Rentals serves another 30%. About 41% 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 65 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.5 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 1995, was 1.5 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. PA2080011.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Rome

99% of 176 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 80% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Beaver Valley CableCable99%100/20
FrontierFiber, DSL83%5,000/5,000
Revolution BroadbandFiber3%1,000/1,000
T-MobileFixed wireless14%25/3
VerizonFixed wireless5%300/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Rome’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Rome.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Rome or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Rome kids go to
K–6Northeast Bradford Elementary SchoolNortheast Bradford School District
7–12Northeast Bradford JSHSNortheast Bradford School District

Rome is in Northeast Bradford 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 Jan 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Rome spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of RomeZIP’s residents in Rome
18837Rome, PA97%13%
18854Wysox, PA3%1%

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 Rome

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

Seven Hills MHP (EPA ID PA2080011). 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 1.5 ppb (Jan–Dec 1995), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Rome?

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 Rome?

Beaver Valley Cable, Frontier, Revolution Broadband, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Rome?

18837 (97%), 18854 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Rome in?

Northeast Bradford School District.

How do I register to vote in Rome?

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 Bradford 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.