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The Marmaton Township handbook

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

Most mail in Marmaton Township goes to 66701 (64% of residents), one of 2 ZIP codes in town. The nearest emergency room is Girard Medical Center, 20.9 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Marmaton 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 Marmaton Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Evergy

Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Marmaton 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 Bourbon Co RWD 2c

Bourbon Co RWD 2c supplies almost all of Marmaton Township. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Public Wholesale WSD 5 and Bourbon Co RWD 4 and City of Fort Scott and Linn Co RWD 2 and Public Wholesale WSD 13 as sellers) and serves 7,050 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 percentile3.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 3.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 87% 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. KS2001103.

Internet

Which providers serve Marmaton Township

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Marmaton 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.

Trash & recycling

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

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Marmaton Township.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Marmaton Township or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Marmaton Township kids go to
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your address
7–122 schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Marmaton Township (53%) is in Fort Scott Unified School District 234; parts are in Uniontown Unified School District 235 (47%).

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 Aug 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Marmaton Township spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Marmaton TownshipZIP’s residents in Marmaton Township
66701Fort Scott, KS64%4%
66769Redfield, KS36%53%

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 Marmaton Township

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

Bourbon Co RWD 2c (EPA ID KS2001103). 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 3.8 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Marmaton 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 Marmaton Township?

66701 (64%), 66769 (36%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Marmaton Township in?

Fort Scott Unified School District 234. Parts of the city are in Uniontown Unified School District 235.

How do I register to vote in Marmaton 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 Bourbon 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.