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The Hoisington handbook

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

Hoisington runs its own electric utility, City of Hoisington. Hoisington Public Library, 0.3 miles away, is the closest library to Hoisington.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Hoisington, 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 Hoisington.

Electricity

Power comes from City of Hoisington

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

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 Hoisington water system

The City of Hoisington water system supplies almost all of Hoisington. It draws ground water and serves 2,657 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 percentile2.2 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 2.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 6.1 ppb. That’s higher than 74% 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. KS2000903.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Hoisington

100% of 1,375 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 97% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
BrightspeedFiber, DSL98%2,000/2,000
Cox CommunicationsCable94%2,000/35
Nex-TechFixed wireless100%100/10
VerizonFixed wireless98%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless32%100/20
NextlinkFixed wireless21%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 Hoisington’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Hoisington.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Hoisington kids go to
PK–1Roosevelt ElementaryHoisington Unified School District 431
2–5Lincoln ElementaryHoisington Unified School District 431
6–8Hoisington MiddleHoisington Unified School District 431
9–12Hoisington HighHoisington Unified School District 431

Hoisington is in Hoisington Unified School District 431.

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 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Hoisington is in ZIP code 67544

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of HoisingtonZIP’s residents in Hoisington
67544Hoisington, KS100%84%
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 Hoisington

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

The City of Hoisington water system (EPA ID KS2000903). 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 2.2 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Hoisington?

City of Hoisington (City of Hoisington - (KS)), a municipal utility.

What internet providers serve Hoisington?

Brightspeed, Cox Communications, Nex-Tech, Verizon, T-Mobile, Nextlink (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Hoisington?

67544. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Hoisington in?

Hoisington Unified School District 431.

How do I register to vote in Hoisington?

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 Barton 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.