Living in Olivet Township, KS: what to set up and who to call
Olivet Township spans 3 ZIP codes; 66856 holds the most residents (52%). For an emergency, Coffey County Hospital is the closest ER, 21.7 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Olivet 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 Olivet Township.
Power comes from Evergy
Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves 97.1% of Olivet Township residents. 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 Coffey Co RWD 3
Coffey Co RWD 3 supplies Olivet Township: about 47% of residents live in its service area. Osage Co RWD 7 serves another 43%. Osage Co RWD 4 serves another 5%. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists City of Burlington and Public Wholesale WSD 12 as sellers) and serves 1,903 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.9 ppb. That’s higher than 66% 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. KS2003106.
Which providers serve Olivet Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Olivet 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 Olivet Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Olivet Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Olivet Township (43%) is in Marais des Cygnes Valley Unified School District 456; parts are in Lyndon Unified School District 421 (27%) and Osage City Unified School District 420 (20%) and Lebo-Waverly Unified School District 243 (10%).
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 Dec 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Olivet Township spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Olivet Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Olivet Township | ZIP’s residents in Olivet Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66856 | Lebo, KS | 52% | 8% |
| 66523 | Osage City, KS | 37% | 2% |
| 66451 | Lyndon, KS | 11% | 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 Olivet Township
Who supplies Olivet Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Coffey Co RWD 3 (EPA ID KS2003106). 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 1.8 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Olivet 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 Olivet Township?
66856 (52%), 66523 (37%), 66451 (11%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Olivet Township in?
Marais des Cygnes Valley Unified School District 456. Parts of the city are in Lyndon Unified School District 421 and Osage City Unified School District 420 and Lebo-Waverly Unified School District 243.
How do I register to vote in Olivet 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 Osage 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.