Photo: TwistedMan1328 · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Fairmount Township, KS: what to set up and who to call
Fairmount Township spans 3 ZIP codes; 66007 holds the most residents (86%). Fairmount Township has its own library, Basehor Community Library, Dist #2, Lv. Co, at 1400 158th Street.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Fairmount 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 Fairmount Township.
Power comes from Evergy
Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Fairmount 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 Leavenworth Co RWD 1c
Leavenworth Co RWD 1c supplies Fairmount Township: about 52% of residents live in its service area. Suburban Water Company serves another 38%. Leavenworth Co RWD 7 serves another 9%. It buys ground water influenced by surface water (EPA lists Leavenworth Water Department and Kansas City Board of Public Utilities as sellers) and serves 3,200 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 2.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 79% 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. KS2010323.
7 home internet providers serve Fairmount Township
99% of 4,477 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 59% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midco | Cable, Fiber | 94% | 5,000/5,000 |
| AT&T | Fiber, DSL, Fixed wireless | 91% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 88% | 300/20 |
| Nexus Air Fiber | Fixed wireless | 84% | 65/10 |
| Mercury Fiber | Fixed wireless | 81% | 150/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 40% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Fairmount Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Fairmount Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Fairmount Township (93%) is in Basehor-Linwood Unified School District 458; parts are in Lansing Unified School District 469 (7%).
ASchool gradeSee 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 Dec 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Fairmount Township spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Fairmount Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Fairmount Township | ZIP’s residents in Fairmount Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66007 | Basehor, KS | 86% | 98% |
| 66012 | Bonner Springs, KS | 9% | 10% |
| 66048 | Leavenworth, KS | 5% | 1% |
A few homes fall in 66086.
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 Fairmount Township
Who supplies Fairmount Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Leavenworth Co RWD 1c (EPA ID KS2010323). 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 2.6 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Fairmount 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 Fairmount Township?
Midco, AT&T, Verizon, Nexus Air Fiber, Mercury Fiber, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Fairmount Township?
66007 (86%), 66012 (9%), 66048 (5%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Fairmount Township in?
Basehor-Linwood Unified School District 458. Parts of the city are in Lansing Unified School District 469.
How do I register to vote in Fairmount 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 Leavenworth 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.