Living in Chetopa Township, KS: what to set up and who to call
Chetopa Township spans 2 ZIP codes; 66710 holds the most residents (65%). Altoona Public Library, 4.1 miles away, is the closest library to Chetopa Township.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Chetopa 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 Chetopa Township.
Power comes from Evergy
Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Chetopa 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 Wilson Co RWD 10
Wilson Co RWD 10 supplies Chetopa Township: about 97% of residents live in its service area. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Public Wholesale WSD 23 as seller) and serves 808 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 1.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 68% 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. KS2020510.
Which providers serve Chetopa Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Chetopa 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 Chetopa Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Chetopa Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Chetopa Township (80%) is in Altoona-Midway Unified School District 387; parts are in Cherryvale Unified School District 447 (18%) and Neodesha Unified School District 461 (2%).
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 Jul 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Chetopa Township spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Chetopa Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Chetopa Township | ZIP’s residents in Chetopa Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66710 | Altoona, KS | 65% | 15% |
| 66776 | Thayer, KS | 34% | 4% |
A few homes fall in 66720.
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 Chetopa Township
Who supplies Chetopa Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Wilson Co RWD 10 (EPA ID KS2020510). 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 1.9 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Chetopa Township?
Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Chetopa Township?
66710 (65%), 66776 (34%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Chetopa Township in?
Altoona-Midway Unified School District 387. Parts of the city are in Cherryvale Unified School District 447 and Neodesha Unified School District 461.
How do I register to vote in Chetopa 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): pending.