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The Basehor handbook

Living in Basehor, KS: what to set up and who to call

Every home in Basehor is in ZIP code 66007. Children in Basehor attend Basehor-Linwood Unified School District 458.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Basehor, 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 Basehor.

Electricity

Power comes from Evergy

Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Basehor. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Leavenworth Co RWD 1c

Leavenworth Co RWD 1c supplies Basehor: about 67% of residents live in its service area. Suburban Water Company serves another 33%. It buys ground water influenced by surface water (EPA lists Leavenworth Water Department and Kansas City Board of Public Utilities as sellers) and serves 3,200 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.

Lead, 90th percentile2.6 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 2.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 79% 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. KS2010323.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Basehor

100% of 2,751 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 60% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
MidcoCable, Fiber99%5,000/5,000
AT&TFiber, DSL, Fixed wireless96%5,000/5,000
VerizonFixed wireless91%300/20
Nexus Air FiberFixed wireless87%65/10
Mercury FiberFixed wireless83%150/20
T-MobileFixed wireless53%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Basehor is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, depending on your street

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Basehor, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown’s haulerBrothers Disposal picks up at the curb for every homecityofbasehor.org
Trash dayMon, Tue, Wed or ThuDepends on your address
Pickup

Your pickup week

  • TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (Mon, Tue, Wed or Thu)
  • Bulky itemsCall to book
Drop-off

City of Basehor Brush Dump

2300 N. 158th Street, Basehor, KS 66007

We couldn’t find its opening hours.

Yard waste drop-off

City of Basehor Brush Dump

2300 N 158th Street, Basehor, KS 66007

Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsCall to bookSchedule bulky item or special pick-up by calling Brothers Disposal directly at 913-727-1405; payment arranged with the hauler

From cityofbasehor.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-09-27. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Basehor kids go to
PK–54 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Basehor-Linwood Middle SchoolBasehor-Linwood Unified School District 458
9–12Basehor-Linwood High SchoolBasehor-Linwood Unified School District 458

Basehor is in Basehor-Linwood Unified School District 458.

ASchool gradeSee 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 Dec 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Basehor is in ZIP code 66007

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of BasehorZIP’s residents in Basehor
66007Basehor, KS100%70%
Area code913Wikidata

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 Basehor

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

Leavenworth Co RWD 1c (EPA ID KS2010323). 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 2.6 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Basehor?

Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Basehor?

Midco, AT&T, Verizon, Nexus Air Fiber, Mercury Fiber, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Basehor?

66007. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Basehor in?

Basehor-Linwood Unified School District 458.

How do I register to vote in Basehor?

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 Leavenworth 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: Basehor’s own website (cityofbasehor.org), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
  • 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.