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The New Strawn handbook

Living in New Strawn, KS: what to set up and who to call

Every home in New Strawn is in ZIP code 66839. Mediacom Xtream and MT Networks both wire most of New Strawn; 12% of addresses can get fiber.

I’m new in town

What to set up in New Strawn, 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 New Strawn.

Electricity

Power comes from Evergy

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

The City of New Strawn water system supplies almost all of New Strawn. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists City of Burlington as seller) and serves 412 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.

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

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2020–Dec 2022, was 1.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 63% 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. KS2003105.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve New Strawn

100% of 224 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 12% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Mediacom XtreamCable99%1,000/50
MT NetworksFixed wireless, Fiber96%2,000/2,000
BrightspeedDSL2%60/5
KWIKOM CommunicationsFixed wireless50%60/12
T-MobileFixed wireless2%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have New Strawn’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in New Strawn.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

New Strawn kids go to
PK–4Burlington Elementary Schoolin Burlington
5–8Burlington Middle School 5 - 8in Burlington
9–12Burlington Highin Burlington

New Strawn is in Burlington Unified School District 244.

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 Sep 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

New Strawn is in ZIP code 66839

ZIP codes where New Strawn residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of New StrawnZIP’s residents in New Strawn
66839Burlington, KS100%10%

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 New Strawn

Who supplies New Strawn’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The City of New Strawn water system (EPA ID KS2003105). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.4 ppb (Jan 2020–Dec 2022), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in New Strawn?

Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve New Strawn?

Mediacom Xtream, MT Networks, Brightspeed, KWIKOM Communications, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in New Strawn?

66839. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is New Strawn in?

Burlington Unified School District 244.

How do I register to vote in New Strawn?

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 Coffey 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.