Photo: Bhall87 · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Appanoose Township, KS: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Appanoose Township goes to 66076 (85% of residents), one of 2 ZIP codes in town. The ER is a drive from Appanoose Township: the closest is Lmh, 22.2 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Appanoose 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 Appanoose Township.
Power comes from Evergy
Evergy (Evergy Metro), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Appanoose Township. Its homes paid an average of 13.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $129 a month (its average across Kansas).
Start or move service: evergy.com
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Douglas Co RWD 5
Douglas Co RWD 5 supplies Appanoose Township: about 55% of residents live in its service area. Osage Co RWD 5 serves another 16%. About 34% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists City of Lawrence and Public Wholesale WSD 25 as sellers) and serves 2,500 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 2021–Dec 2023, was 2.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 80% 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. KS2004502.
Which providers serve Appanoose Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Appanoose 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.
We don’t have Appanoose Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Appanoose Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Appanoose Township (99%) is in West Franklin Unified School District 287.
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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Aug 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Appanoose Township spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Appanoose Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Appanoose Township | ZIP’s residents in Appanoose Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66076 | Pomona, KS | 85% | 13% |
| 66524 | Overbrook, KS | 14% | 2% |
A few homes fall in 66528.
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 Appanoose Township
Who supplies Appanoose Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Douglas Co RWD 5 (EPA ID KS2004502). 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 2.8 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Appanoose Township?
Evergy (Evergy Metro), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Appanoose Township?
66076 (85%), 66524 (14%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Appanoose Township in?
West Franklin Unified School District 287.
How do I register to vote in Appanoose Township?
In Kansas 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 Franklin County Clerk. Check your registration at myvoteinfo.voteks.org.
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.