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The Sharon handbook

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

Power in Sharon comes from Alfalfa Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. For emergencies, Sharon is closest to Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital, 9.2 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Sharon, 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 Sharon.

Electricity

Power comes from Alfalfa Electric Coop

Alfalfa Electric Coop (Alfalfa Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Sharon. Its homes paid an average of 11.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $164 a month (its average across Kansas).

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 Sharon water system

The City of Sharon water system supplies almost all of Sharon. It draws ground water and serves 147 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 percentile4.1 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 4.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 88% 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. KS2000708.

Internet

3 home internet providers serve Sharon

100% of 117 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
South Central Telephone AssnFiber100%1,000/1,000
VerizonFixed wireless89%300/20
NextlinkFixed wireless82%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Sharon’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Sharon.

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

Sharon kids go to
PK–6Medicine Lodge Grade Schoolin Medicine Lodge
7–12Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High Schoolin Medicine Lodge

Sharon is in Barber County North Unified School District 254.

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

ZIP codes & area codes

Sharon is in ZIP code 67138

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of SharonZIP’s residents in Sharon
67138Sharon, KS100%44%

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 Sharon

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

The City of Sharon water system (EPA ID KS2000708). 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 4.1 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Sharon?

Alfalfa Electric Coop (Alfalfa Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 11.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Sharon?

South Central Telephone Assn, Verizon, Nextlink (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Sharon?

67138. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Sharon in?

Barber County North Unified School District 254.

How do I register to vote in Sharon?

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 Barber 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.