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The Cedar Township handbook

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

Cedar Township spans 3 ZIP codes; 66710 holds the most residents (83%). For home internet, most of Cedar Township can choose between KWIKOM Communications and Brightspeed.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Cedar Township, 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 Cedar Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Evergy

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

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from City of Altoona water system

The City of Altoona water system supplies Cedar Township: about 62% of residents live in its service area. Wilson Co RWD 7 serves another 17%. Wilson Co RWD 10 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 buys treated surface water (EPA lists Public Wholesale WSD 23 as seller) and serves 349 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.

Lead, 90th percentile2.7 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 2.7 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. KS2020508.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Cedar Township

87% of 318 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 63% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
KWIKOM CommunicationsFiber, Fixed wireless77%5,000/5,000
BrightspeedDSL51%40/3
VerizonFixed wireless74%25/6
NextlinkFixed wireless66%700/300
AT&TFixed wireless31%25/3
T-MobileFixed wireless4%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Cedar Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Cedar Township.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Cedar Township or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Cedar Township kids go to
PK–5Altoona-Midway ElementaryAltoona-Midway Unified School District 387
6–122 schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Cedar Township (57%) is in Altoona-Midway Unified School District 387; parts are in Fredonia Unified School District 484 (35%) and Neodesha Unified School District 461 (8%).

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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Cedar Township spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Cedar TownshipZIP’s residents in Cedar Township
66710Altoona, KS83%70%
66736Fredonia, KS12%2%
66757Neodesha, KS5%1%

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 Cedar Township

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

The City of Altoona water system (EPA ID KS2020508). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.7 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Cedar 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 Cedar Township?

KWIKOM Communications, Brightspeed, Verizon, Nextlink, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Cedar Township?

66710 (83%), 66736 (12%), 66757 (5%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Cedar Township in?

Altoona-Midway Unified School District 387. Parts of the city are in Fredonia Unified School District 484 and Neodesha Unified School District 461.

How do I register to vote in Cedar 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 Wilson 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.