Living in Prescott, KS: what to set up and who to call
Prescott runs its own electric utility, City of Prescott. The nearest emergency room is Bates County Memorial Hospital, 23 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Prescott, 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 Prescott.
Power comes from City of Prescott
City of Prescott (City of Prescott - (KS)), a municipal utility, serves all of Prescott.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of Prescott water system
The City of Prescott water system supplies almost all of Prescott. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Bourbon Co RWD 2c as seller) and serves 207 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 3.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.6 ppb. That’s higher than 84% 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. KS2010705.
5 home internet providers serve Prescott
30% of 110 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craw Kan Telephone Cooperative | DSL | 100% | 50/3 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 91% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 43% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 35% | 25/3 |
| KWIKOM Communications | Fixed wireless | 4% | 60/12 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Prescott’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Prescott.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Prescott is in Jayhawk Unified School District 346.
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.
Prescott is in ZIP code 66767
ZIP codes where Prescott residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Prescott | ZIP’s residents in Prescott |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66767 | Prescott, KS | 100% | 44% |
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 Prescott
Who supplies Prescott’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Prescott water system (EPA ID KS2010705). 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 3.3 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Prescott?
City of Prescott (City of Prescott - (KS)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Prescott?
Craw Kan Telephone Cooperative, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, KWIKOM Communications (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Prescott?
66767. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Prescott in?
Jayhawk Unified School District 346.
How do I register to vote in Prescott?
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 Linn 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.