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Gypsum Township, Sedgwick County, KansasPhoto: United States Census Bureau, modified by User:FUBAR007 · Public domain
The Gypsum Township handbook

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

The closest public drop-off to Gypsum Township is Derby Chip Site, 3 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it. The closest ER is Rock Regional Hospital, 2.8 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Gypsum 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 Gypsum Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Evergy

Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Gypsum 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 City of Derby water system

The City of Derby water system supplies Gypsum Township: about 43% of residents live in its service area. Sedgwick Co RWD 3 serves another 41%. Mcconnell Afb serves another 16%. About 4% 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 Wichita as seller) and serves 25,413 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.

Lead, 90th percentile1.3 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 1.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.6 ppb. That’s higher than 54% 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. KS2017328.

Internet

11 home internet providers serve Gypsum Township

100% of 2,701 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 74% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Cox CommunicationsCable, Fiber69%2,000/100
AT&TFiber, Fixed wireless, DSL66%5,000/5,000
Velocity InternetFiber, Fixed wireless42%2,000/2,000
IdeaTekFiber, Fixed wireless14%8,000/8,000
NextlinkFixed wireless91%500/100
VerizonFixed wireless55%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

The nearest public drop-off is 3 miles away

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Gypsum Township.

Nearest public drop-off · 2.7 mi from the center of Gypsum Township

Derby Chip Site

· run by City of Derby

This isn’t Gypsum Township’s own facility. Whether Gypsum Township residents may use it is the town’s rule: check the town’s office.

OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Gypsum Township kids go to
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Derby North Middle SchoolDerby Unified School District 260
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Gypsum Township (55%) is in Derby Unified School District 260; parts are in Rose Hill Public Schools Unified School District 394 (29%) and Wichita Unified School District 259 (16%).

B−School gradeSee 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 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Gypsum Township spans 4 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Gypsum TownshipZIP’s residents in Gypsum Township
67037Derby, KS76%25%
67210Wichita, KS16%19%
67221Mcconnell Afb, KS4%100%
67232Wichita, KS3%100%

A few homes fall in 67133, 67207.

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 Gypsum Township

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

The City of Derby water system (EPA ID KS2017328). 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 1.3 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Gypsum 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 Gypsum Township?

Cox Communications, AT&T, Velocity Internet, IdeaTek, Nextlink, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Gypsum Township?

67037 (76%), 67210 (16%), 67221 (4%), 67232 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Gypsum Township in?

Derby Unified School District 260. Parts of the city are in Rose Hill Public Schools Unified School District 394 and Wichita Unified School District 259.

How do I register to vote in Gypsum 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 Sedgwick 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.