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The Sabetha handbook

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

Sabetha runs its own electric utility, City of Sabetha. Great Plains of Sabetha, 1.1 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Sabetha, 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 Sabetha.

Electricity

Power comes from City of Sabetha

City of Sabetha (City of Sabetha - (KS)), a municipal utility, serves 94.1% of Sabetha residents.

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 Sabetha water system

The City of Sabetha water system supplies almost all of Sabetha. It draws surface water and serves 2,519 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 percentile2.7 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 2.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 80% 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. KS2013101.

Internet

8 home internet providers serve Sabetha

99% of 1,089 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 20% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Rainbow CommunicationsCable, Fiber98%1,000/1,000
AT&TFixed wireless, DSL31%25/3
Kansas Broadband InternetFixed wireless100%100/20
T-MobileFixed wireless86%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless74%300/20
NextlinkFixed wireless38%1,000/500

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Sabetha’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Sabetha.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Sabetha kids go to
PK–5Sabetha Elementary SchoolPrairie Hills Unified School District 113
6–8Sabetha Middle SchoolPrairie Hills Unified School District 113
9–12Sabetha High SchoolPrairie Hills Unified School District 113

Sabetha is in Prairie Hills Unified School District 113.

ASchool gradeSee 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 Jul 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Sabetha is in ZIP code 66534

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of SabethaZIP’s residents in Sabetha
66534Sabetha, KS100%69%
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 Sabetha

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

The City of Sabetha water system (EPA ID KS2013101). 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 2.7 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Sabetha?

City of Sabetha (City of Sabetha - (KS)), a municipal utility.

What internet providers serve Sabetha?

Rainbow Communications, AT&T, Kansas Broadband Internet, T-Mobile, Verizon, Nextlink (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Sabetha?

66534. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Sabetha in?

Prairie Hills Unified School District 113.

How do I register to vote in Sabetha?

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 Nemaha 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.