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The Kechi Township handbook

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

Kechi Township spans 4 ZIP codes; 67219 holds the most residents (78%). For emergencies, Kechi Township is closest to Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, 6.9 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Kechi 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 Kechi Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Evergy

Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Kechi 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 Park City

City of Park City supplies Kechi Township: about 66% of residents live in its service area. City of Kechi serves another 12%. About 12% 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 and Chisholm Creek Utility Authority as sellers) and serves 8,503 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.9 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 66% 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. KS2017303.

Internet

9 home internet providers serve Kechi Township

99% of 4,250 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 73% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Cox CommunicationsCable, Fiber91%2,000/100
AT&TFiber, DSL, Fixed wireless86%5,000/5,000
NextlinkFixed wireless, Fiber74%100/20
IdeaTekFixed wireless, Fiber12%2,500/2,500
VerizonFixed wireless93%300/20
KWIKOM CommunicationsFixed wireless51%60/12

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Kechi Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Kechi Township.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Kechi Township kids go to
PK–5Chisholm Trail ElemWichita Unified School District 259
6–819 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–1212 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Kechi Township (57%) is in Wichita Unified School District 259; parts are in Valley Center Public Schools Unified School District 262 (43%).

DSchool 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

Kechi Township spans 4 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Kechi TownshipZIP’s residents in Kechi Township
67219Wichita, KS78%59%
67067Kechi, KS15%78%
67204Wichita, KS4%2%
67147Valley Center, KS3%3%

A few homes fall in 67220.

Area code316Wikidata

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 Kechi Township

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

City of Park City (EPA ID KS2017303). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.9 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Kechi 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 Kechi Township?

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

What ZIP codes are in Kechi Township?

67219 (78%), 67067 (15%), 67204 (4%), 67147 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Kechi Township in?

Wichita Unified School District 259. Parts of the city are in Valley Center Public Schools Unified School District 262.

How do I register to vote in Kechi 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.