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The Elm Creek Township handbook

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

Most mail in Elm Creek Township goes to 66508 (89% of residents), one of 2 ZIP codes in town. For emergencies, Elm Creek Township is closest to Community Memorial Healthcare, 5.1 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Elm Creek 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 Elm Creek Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Evergy

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

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Marshall Co RWD 3

Marshall Co RWD 3 supplies Elm Creek Township: about 83% of residents live in its service area. Washington Co RWD 1 serves another 9%. About 8% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 1,388 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 percentile2.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 2.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.2 ppb. 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. KS2011713.

Internet

Which providers serve Elm Creek Township

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Elm 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.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Elm Creek Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Elm Creek Township.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Elm Creek 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.

Elm Creek Township kids go to
PK–6Marysville Elemin Marysville
7–12Marysville Jr/Sr Highin Marysville

Most of Elm Creek Township (87%) is in Marysville Unified School District 364; parts are in Valley Heights Unified School District 498 (13%).

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 Sep 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Elm Creek Township spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Elm Creek TownshipZIP’s residents in Elm Creek Township
66508Marysville, KS89%3%
66411Blue Rapids, KS11%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 Elm Creek Township

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

Marshall Co RWD 3 (EPA ID KS2011713). 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 2.8 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Elm 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 Elm Creek Township?

66508 (89%), 66411 (11%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Elm Creek Township in?

Marysville Unified School District 364. Parts of the city are in Valley Heights Unified School District 498.

How do I register to vote in Elm 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 Marshall 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.