Living in Lane Township, KS: what to set up and who to call
An EPA health-based violation from 2024 is still open for the City of Virgil water system, which supplies Lane Township. The nearest emergency room is Greenwood County Hospital, 18.1 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lane Township, 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 Lane Township.
Power comes from Evergy
Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Lane 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.
Water comes from City of Virgil water system
The City of Virgil water system supplies Lane Township: about 64% of residents live in its service area. Greenwood Co RWD 2 serves another 13%. About 23% 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 Wilson Co RWD 9 as seller) and serves 48 people in all.
5 health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: disinfection byproducts (TTHM) ×4, a bacteria testing requirement (Revised Total Coliform Rule), the latest beginning Apr 2026. 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people had none. 1 older violation is still open, since 2024: a bacteria testing requirement (Revised Total Coliform Rule), per EPA’s records.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 14.5 ppb. That’s higher than 62% 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. KS2007307.
Which providers serve Lane Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Lane Township, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Lane Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lane Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Lane Township (94%) is in Madison-Virgil Unified School District 386; parts are in Leroy-Gridley Unified School District 245 (4%) and Hamilton Unified School District 390 (2%).
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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Lane Township is in ZIP code 66870
ZIP codes where Lane Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lane Township | ZIP’s residents in Lane Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66870 | Virgil, KS | 100% | 48% |
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 Lane Township
Who supplies Lane Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Virgil water system (EPA ID KS2007307). It reported 5 health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026: disinfection byproducts (TTHM) ×4, a bacteria testing requirement (Revised Total Coliform Rule). 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.1 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lane Township?
Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Lane Township?
66870. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lane Township in?
Madison-Virgil Unified School District 386. Parts of the city are in Leroy-Gridley Unified School District 245 and Hamilton Unified School District 390.
How do I register to vote in Lane 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 Greenwood 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): pending.