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The Emporia Township handbook

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

All of Emporia Township gets its mail under one ZIP code, 66801. The closest ER is Newman Regional Health, 3.4 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Emporia 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 Emporia Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Evergy

Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Emporia 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 Coffey Co RWD 2

Coffey Co RWD 2 supplies Emporia Township: about 38% of residents live in its service area. Lyon Co RWD 2 serves another 10%. Lyon Co RWD 5 serves another 10%. Park Place Communities Mgt LLC serves another 9%. About 30% 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 Burlington as seller) and serves 1,146 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 percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2020–Dec 2022, 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. KS2003102.

Internet

Which providers serve Emporia Township

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Emporia 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 Emporia Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Emporia Township.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Emporia Township kids go to
PK–58 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–123 schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Emporia Township (76%) is in Emporia Unified School District 253; parts are in Southern Lyon County Unified School District 252 (23%).

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 Aug 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Emporia Township is in ZIP code 66801

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Emporia TownshipZIP’s residents in Emporia Township
66801Emporia, KS100%3%
Area code620Wikidata

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 Emporia Township

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

Coffey Co RWD 2 (EPA ID KS2003102). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2020–Dec 2022), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Emporia 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 Emporia Township?

66801. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Emporia Township in?

Emporia Unified School District 253. Parts of the city are in Southern Lyon County Unified School District 252.

How do I register to vote in Emporia 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 Lyon 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.