Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domainLiving in Gardner, KS: what to set up and who to call
Gardner runs its own electric utility, City of Gardner. University of Kansas Health System Olathe Hospital, 6.4 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Gardner, 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 Gardner.
Power comes from City of Gardner
City of Gardner (City of Gardner - (KS)), a municipal utility, serves all of Gardner.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of Gardner water system
The City of Gardner water system supplies Gardner: about 66% of residents live in its service area. Johnson Co RWD 7 serves another 35%. About 3% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 23,942 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 3.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 82% 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. KS2009106.
10 home internet providers serve Gardner
100% of 7,442 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 86% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 1,000/35 |
| ClearWave | Fiber | 85% | 7,000/7,000 |
| KWIKOM Communications | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 54% | 5,000/5,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 36% | 100/20 |
| Brightspeed | DSL, Fiber | 30% | 60/5 |
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 3% | 2,000/250 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Gardner’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Gardner.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Gardner (98%) is in Gardner Edgerton Unified School District 231; parts are in Spring Hill Unified School District 230 (2%).
B+School 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.
Gardner is in ZIP code 66030
ZIP codes where Gardner residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Gardner | ZIP’s residents in Gardner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66030 | Gardner, KS | 100% | 93% |
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 Gardner
Who supplies Gardner’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Gardner water system (EPA ID KS2009106). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.1 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Gardner?
City of Gardner (City of Gardner - (KS)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Gardner?
Spectrum, ClearWave, KWIKOM Communications, AT&T, Brightspeed, Xfinity (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Gardner?
66030. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Gardner in?
Gardner Edgerton Unified School District 231. Parts of the city are in Spring Hill Unified School District 230.
How do I register to vote in Gardner?
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 Johnson County Election Commissioner. 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.