Living in Deer Creek Township, KS: what to set up and who to call
Allen Co RWD 4 reported one health-based violation to EPA in the last five years: a bacteria testing requirement (Revised Total Coliform Rule), beginning Aug 2023. Colony City Library, 7.1 miles away, is the closest library to Deer Creek Township.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Deer Creek 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 Deer Creek Township.
Power comes from Evergy
Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Deer Creek 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 Allen Co RWD 4
Allen Co RWD 4 supplies Deer Creek Township: about 10% of residents live in its service area. About 88% 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 5 as seller) and serves 52 people in all.
1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a bacteria testing requirement (Revised Total Coliform Rule), beginning Aug 2023. 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people had none.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.2 ppb. That’s higher than 71% 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. KS2000112.
Which providers serve Deer Creek Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Deer Creek 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 Deer Creek Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Deer Creek Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Deer Creek Township (50%) is in Marmaton Valley Unified School District 256; parts are in Iola Unified School District 257 (34%) and Crest Unified School District 479 (16%).
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 2017; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Deer Creek Township spans 5 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Deer Creek Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Deer Creek Township | ZIP’s residents in Deer Creek Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66751 | La Harpe, KS | 62% | 10% |
| 66749 | Iola, KS | 25% | 0% |
| 66015 | Colony, KS | 6% | 1% |
| 66039 | Kincaid, KS | 4% | 1% |
| 66755 | Moran, KS | 3% | 0% |
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 Deer Creek Township
Who supplies Deer Creek Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Allen Co RWD 4 (EPA ID KS2000112). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a bacteria testing requirement (Revised Total Coliform Rule). 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Deer Creek 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 Deer Creek Township?
66751 (62%), 66749 (25%), 66015 (6%), 66039 (4%), 66755 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Deer Creek Township in?
Marmaton Valley Unified School District 256. Parts of the city are in Iola Unified School District 257 and Crest Unified School District 479.
How do I register to vote in Deer Creek 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 Allen 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.