Living in New Gottland Township, KS: what to set up and who to call
New Gottland Township spans 2 ZIP codes; 67460 holds the most residents (77%). Lindsborg Community Library, 7.1 miles away, is the closest library to New Gottland Township.
I’m new in town
What to set up in New Gottland 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 New Gottland Township.
Power comes from Evergy
Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of New Gottland 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 Mcpherson Co RWD 6
Mcpherson Co RWD 6 supplies New Gottland Township: about 75% of residents live in its service area. Mcpherson Co RWD 4 serves another 18%. About 7% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists City of Lindsborg as seller) and serves 565 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 60% 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. KS2011315.
Which providers serve New Gottland Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in New Gottland 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 New Gottland Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in New Gottland Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of New Gottland Township (57%) is in McPherson Unified School District 418; parts are in Smoky Valley Unified School District 400 (43%).
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.
New Gottland Township spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where New Gottland Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of New Gottland Township | ZIP’s residents in New Gottland Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 67460 | Mcpherson, KS | 77% | 2% |
| 67456 | Lindsborg, KS | 23% | 2% |
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 New Gottland Township
Who supplies New Gottland Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Mcpherson Co RWD 6 (EPA ID KS2011315). 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 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in New Gottland 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 New Gottland Township?
67460 (77%), 67456 (23%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is New Gottland Township in?
McPherson Unified School District 418. Parts of the city are in Smoky Valley Unified School District 400.
How do I register to vote in New Gottland 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 McPherson 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.