Living in Baker Township, KS: what to set up and who to call
Baker Township spans 2 ZIP codes; 66762 holds the most residents (97%). Fiber reaches 97% of addresses in Baker Township.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Baker 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 Baker Township.
Power comes from Evergy
Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Baker Township. Its homes paid an average of 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $124 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 Crawford Co RWD 5
Crawford Co RWD 5 supplies Baker Township: about 48% of residents live in its service area. Crawford Co RWD 4 serves another 35%. Chicopee Rural Water District serves another 13%. About 6% 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 2,200 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 2020–Dec 2022, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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. KS2003702.
6 home internet providers serve Baker Township
100% of 1,668 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 97% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craw Kan Telephone Cooperative | Fiber | 97% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Cox Communications | Cable | 54% | 2,000/35 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL | 18% | 100/20 |
| Wisper | Fixed wireless | 95% | 400/30 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 70% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 17% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Baker Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Baker Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Baker Township (57%) is in Pittsburg Unified School District 250; parts are in Cherokee Unified School District 247 (22%) and Frontenac Public Schools Unified School District 249 (18%) and Girard Unified School District 248 (3%).
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 2022; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Baker Township spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Baker Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Baker Township | ZIP’s residents in Baker Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66762 | Pittsburg, KS | 97% | 13% |
| 66760 | Opolis, KS | 3% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 66781.
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 Baker Township
Who supplies Baker Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Crawford Co RWD 5 (EPA ID KS2003702). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2020–Dec 2022), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Baker Township?
Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Baker Township?
Craw Kan Telephone Cooperative, Cox Communications, AT&T, Wisper, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Baker Township?
66762 (97%), 66760 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Baker Township in?
Pittsburg Unified School District 250. Parts of the city are in Cherokee Unified School District 247 and Frontenac Public Schools Unified School District 249 and Girard Unified School District 248.
How do I register to vote in Baker 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 Crawford 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.