Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Glen Elder

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
E. W. Norris Service StationE. W. Norris Service Station · Photo: ExploreNCKS · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Glen Elder handbook

Living in Glen Elder, KS: what to set up and who to call

Glen Elder runs its own electric utility, City of Glen Elder. Tap water in Glen Elder comes from the City of Glen Elder water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 23% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Glen Elder, 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 Glen Elder.

Electricity

Power comes from City of Glen Elder

City of Glen Elder (City of Glen Elder - (KS)), a municipal utility, serves all of Glen Elder.

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 City of Glen Elder water system

The City of Glen Elder water system supplies almost all of Glen Elder. It draws ground water and serves 359 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.4 ppb. 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. KS2012305.

Internet

2 home internet providers serve Glen Elder

100% of 277 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Cunningham FiberFiber100%2,500/2,500
NextlinkFixed wireless77%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Glen Elder’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Glen Elder.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Glen Elder kids go to
PK–82 schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Lakeside Junior/Senior High Schoolin Downs

Glen Elder is in Waconda Unified School District 272.

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 Dec 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Glen Elder is in ZIP code 67446

ZIP codes where Glen Elder residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Glen ElderZIP’s residents in Glen Elder
67446Glen Elder, KS100%68%
Area code785Wikidata

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 Glen Elder

Who supplies Glen Elder’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The City of Glen Elder water system (EPA ID KS2012305). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Glen Elder?

City of Glen Elder (City of Glen Elder - (KS)), a municipal utility.

What internet providers serve Glen Elder?

Cunningham Fiber, Nextlink (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Glen Elder?

67446. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Glen Elder in?

Waconda Unified School District 272.

How do I register to vote in Glen Elder?

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 Mitchell 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.