Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Living in Ross Township, PA: what to set up and who to call
Every home in Ross Township is in ZIP code 18353. Pleasant Valley School District runs the public schools in Ross Township.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Ross 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 Ross Township.
Water comes from Aqua Pa Hamilton Water Co
Aqua Pa Hamilton Water Co supplies Ross Township: about 15% of residents live in its service area. About 78% 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 1,500 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 1996, was 4.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 1996: 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. PA2450044.
6 home internet providers serve Ross Township
98% of 2,263 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 25% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge Cable Technologies | Cable, Fiber | 98% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Palmerton Telephone Company | DSL, Fiber | 28% | 10/1 |
| Frontier | DSL, Fiber | 21% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 17% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 14% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 13% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Ross Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Ross Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Ross Township is in Pleasant Valley School District.
B−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.
Ross Township is in ZIP code 18353
ZIP codes where Ross Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Ross Township | ZIP’s residents in Ross Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18353 | Saylorsburg, PA | 100% | 46% |
A few homes fall in 18058.
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 Ross Township
Who supplies Ross Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Aqua Pa Hamilton Water Co (EPA ID PA2450044). 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 4.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 1996), against a 15 ppb action level.
What internet providers serve Ross Township?
Blue Ridge Cable Technologies, Palmerton Telephone Company, Frontier, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Ross Township?
18353. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Ross Township in?
Pleasant Valley School District.
How do I register to vote in Ross 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 Monroe 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.