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The Sergeant Township handbook

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

Most mail in Sergeant Township goes to 16740 (52% of residents), one of 4 ZIP codes in town. For a library card, the closest branch is Mount Jewett Memorial Library, 5.5 miles out.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Sergeant Township, 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 Sergeant Township.

Electricity

Power comes from West Penn Power

West Penn Power (West Penn Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Sergeant Township.

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 Clermont Water Association

Clermont Water Association supplies Sergeant Township: about 50% of residents live in its service area. About 50% 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 38 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 percentile6.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 1994, was 6.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 1994: 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. PA6420006.

Internet

Which providers serve Sergeant Township

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Sergeant 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 & recycling

We don’t have Sergeant Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Sergeant Township.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Sergeant Township 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.

Sergeant Township kids go to
PK–6Smethport Area El Schin Smethport
7–12Smethport Area JSHSin Smethport

Sergeant Township is in Smethport Area 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

Sergeant Township spans 4 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Sergeant TownshipZIP’s residents in Sergeant Township
16740Mount Jewett, PA52%8%
16749Smethport, PA20%1%
15870Wilcox, PA17%2%
16735Kane, PA11%0%

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 Sergeant Township

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

Clermont Water Association (EPA ID PA6420006). 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 6.0 ppb (Jan–Jun 1994), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Sergeant Township?

West Penn Power (West Penn Power Co.), an investor-owned utility.

What ZIP codes are in Sergeant Township?

16740 (52%), 16749 (20%), 15870 (17%), 16735 (11%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Sergeant Township in?

Smethport Area School District.

How do I register to vote in Sergeant 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 McKean 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): pending.