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The Matfield Township handbook

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

Most mail in Matfield Township goes to 66862 (98% of residents), one of 2 ZIP codes in town. The nearest emergency room is Greenwood County Hospital, 23 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Matfield 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 Matfield Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Evergy

Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Matfield 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 Matfield Green water system

The City of Matfield Green water system supplies Matfield Township: about 42% of residents live in its service area. Butler Co RWD 3 serves another 7%. About 51% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 52 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.4 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2026, was 1.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.5 ppb. That’s higher than 65% 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. KS2001702.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Matfield Township

100% of 96 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Wheat State TechnologiesFiber100%1,000/1,000
NextlinkFixed wireless42%100/20
T-MobileFixed wireless15%25/3
VelocityFixed wireless12%100/10
VerizonFixed wireless8%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

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

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Matfield Township.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Matfield 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.

Matfield Township kids go to
PK–6Chase County Elementary Schoolin Strong City
7–12Chase County Junior Senior High Schoolin Cottonwood Falls

Matfield Township is in Chase County Unified School District 284.

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 Feb 2017; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Matfield Township spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Matfield TownshipZIP’s residents in Matfield Township
66862Matfield Green, KS98%92%
66865Olpe, KS2%0%

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 Matfield Township

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

The City of Matfield Green water system (EPA ID KS2001702). 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 1.4 ppb (Jan–Jun 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Matfield 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 Matfield Township?

Wheat State Technologies, Nextlink, T-Mobile, Velocity, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Matfield Township?

66862 (98%), 66865 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Matfield Township in?

Chase County Unified School District 284.

How do I register to vote in Matfield 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 Chase 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.