Henry Clay Furnace · Photo: Brian Masney · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Cheat Lake, WV: what to set up and who to call
Cheat Lake has no town government of its own, so Monongalia County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Monongalia School District. Mon Health Medical Center, 5.2 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Cheat Lake, 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 Cheat Lake.
Power comes from Mon Power
Mon Power (Monongahela Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Cheat Lake. Its homes paid an average of 14.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $133 a month (its average across West Virginia).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Morgantown Utility Board
Morgantown Utility Board supplies almost all of Cheat Lake. It draws surface water and serves 66,851 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 0.6 ppb. That’s lower than 64% 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. WV3303111.
6 home internet providers serve Cheat Lake
100% of 4,492 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 50% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 98% | 2,000/250 |
| Breezeline | Fiber, Cable | 56% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 5% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 83% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 59% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 55% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Cheat Lake’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Cheat Lake.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Cheat Lake is in Monongalia School District.
A+School gradeSee 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
Cheat Lake is unincorporated, so Monongalia County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Cheat Lake is in ZIP code 26508
ZIP codes where Cheat Lake residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Cheat Lake | ZIP’s residents in Cheat Lake |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26508 | Morgantown, WV | 100% | 27% |
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 Cheat Lake
Who supplies Cheat Lake’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Morgantown Utility Board (EPA ID WV3303111). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.4 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Cheat Lake?
Mon Power (Monongahela Power Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Cheat Lake?
Xfinity, Breezeline, Frontier, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Cheat Lake?
26508. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Cheat Lake in?
Monongalia School District.
How do I register to vote in Cheat Lake?
In West Virginia you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person until 21 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Monongalia Clerk of the County Commission. Check your registration at apps.sos.wv.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 Aug 3, 2026 (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.