Marion County Park and Lake · Photo: SharonPapierdreams · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Centre Township, KS: what to set up and who to call
All of Centre Township gets its mail under one ZIP code, 66861. Wired internet is thin in Centre Township: the FCC’s map has 57% of addresses able to get it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Centre 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 Centre Township.
Power comes from Evergy
Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Centre 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 Marion Co Improvement Dist 2
Marion Co Improvement Dist 2 supplies Centre Township: about 12% of residents live in its service area. Marion Co RWD 4 serves another 10%. About 75% 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 Marion as seller) and serves 234 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. KS2011512.
6 home internet providers serve Centre Township
63% of 348 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 2% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vyve Broadband | Cable | 71% | 2,000/50 |
| IdeaTek | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 45% | 100/10 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL | 2% | 25/3 |
| Nextlink | Fixed wireless | 36% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 5% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 5% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Centre Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Centre Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Centre Township (99%) is in Marion-Florence Unified School District 408.
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 Sep 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Centre Township is in ZIP code 66861
ZIP codes where Centre Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Centre Township | ZIP’s residents in Centre Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66861 | Marion, KS | 100% | 15% |
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 Centre Township
Who supplies Centre Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Marion Co Improvement Dist 2 (EPA ID KS2011512). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Centre 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 Centre Township?
Vyve Broadband, IdeaTek, AT&T, Nextlink, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Centre Township?
66861. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Centre Township in?
Marion-Florence Unified School District 408.
How do I register to vote in Centre 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 Marion 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.