Living in Timber Hills, PA: what to set up and who to call
Timber Hills has no town government of its own, so Lebanon County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Palmyra Area School District. For home internet, most of Timber Hills can choose between Xfinity and Verizon.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Timber Hills, 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 Timber Hills.
Power comes from Met-Ed
Met-Ed (Metropolitan Edison Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Timber Hills.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Timber Service Corp
Timber Service Corp supplies Timber Hills: about 76% of residents live in its service area. About 24% 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 50 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 1996, was 2.0 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. PA7380022.
5 home internet providers serve Timber Hills
100% of 162 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 2% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 1,200/35 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 59% | 300/20 |
| PA.net | Fixed wireless | 100% | 200/50 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 72% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 56% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Timber Hills’ trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Timber Hills.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Timber Hills is in Palmyra 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.
No town hall: the county runs things
Timber Hills is unincorporated, so Lebanon County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Timber Hills spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Timber Hills residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Timber Hills | ZIP’s residents in Timber Hills |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17064 | Mount Gretna, PA | 84% | 39% |
| 17042 | Lebanon, PA | 16% | 0% |
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 Timber Hills
Who supplies Timber Hills’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
Timber Service Corp (EPA ID PA7380022). 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 2.0 ppb (Jul–Dec 1996), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Timber Hills?
Met-Ed (Metropolitan Edison Co.), an investor-owned utility.
What internet providers serve Timber Hills?
Xfinity, Verizon, PA.net, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Timber Hills?
17064 (84%), 17042 (16%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Timber Hills in?
Palmyra Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Timber Hills?
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 Lebanon 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.