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The Olivet handbook

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

Every home in Olivet is in ZIP code 66856. The nearest emergency room is Coffey County Hospital, 19.4 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Olivet, 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 Olivet.

Electricity

Power comes from Evergy

Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Olivet. 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 Coffey Co RWD 3

Coffey Co RWD 3 supplies almost all of Olivet. 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.

Lead, 90th percentile1.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

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.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Olivet

3% of 48 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
BrightspeedDSL79%100/10
MT NetworksFixed wireless92%25/5
KWIKOM CommunicationsFixed wireless31%60/12
T-MobileFixed wireless25%100/20
CMA WirelessFixed wireless10%10/1
AT&TFixed wireless6%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 Olivet’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Olivet.

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

Olivet kids go to
PK–5Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elemin Quenemo
6–8Marais Des Cygnes Valley Middlein Melvern
9–12Marais Des Cygnes Valley Highin Melvern

Olivet is in Marais des Cygnes Valley Unified School District 456.

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 Dec 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Olivet is in ZIP code 66856

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of OlivetZIP’s residents in Olivet
66856Lebo, KS100%5%
Area code785Wikidata

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 Olivet

Who supplies Olivet’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?

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

What internet providers serve Olivet?

Brightspeed, MT Networks, KWIKOM Communications, T-Mobile, CMA Wireless, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Olivet?

66856. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Olivet in?

Marais des Cygnes Valley Unified School District 456.

How do I register to vote in Olivet?

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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.