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The Spring Valley Township handbook

Living in Spring Valley Township, KS: what to set up and who to call

Most mail in Spring Valley Township goes to 66713 (58% of residents), one of 4 ZIP codes in town. For a library card, the closest branch is Johnston Public Library, 4.0 miles out.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Spring Valley Township, 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 Spring Valley Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Evergy

Evergy (Evergy Kansas South, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Spring Valley Township. Its homes paid an average of 14.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $125 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 Cherokee Co RWD 3

Cherokee Co RWD 3 supplies Spring Valley Township: about 70% of residents live in its service area. Cherokee Co RWD 2 serves another 21%. About 4% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Public Wholesale WSD 19 and Public Wholesale WSD 11 as sellers) and serves 1,900 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 percentile2.4 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 2.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 77% 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. KS2002107.

Internet

Which providers serve Spring Valley Township

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Spring Valley 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.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Spring Valley Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Spring Valley Township.

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

Spring Valley Township kids go to
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–122 schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Spring Valley Township (51%) is in Baxter Springs Unified School District 508; parts are in Riverton Unified School District 404 (45%) and Columbus Unified School District 493 (4%).

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

ZIP codes & area codes

Spring Valley Township spans 4 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Spring Valley Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Spring Valley TownshipZIP’s residents in Spring Valley Township
66713Baxter Springs, KS58%11%
66725Columbus, KS19%4%
66739Galena, KS14%3%
66770Riverton, KS10%10%

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 Spring Valley Township

Who supplies Spring Valley Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Cherokee Co RWD 3 (EPA ID KS2002107). 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 2.4 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Spring Valley Township?

Evergy (Evergy Kansas South, Inc.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What ZIP codes are in Spring Valley Township?

66713 (58%), 66725 (19%), 66739 (14%), 66770 (10%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Spring Valley Township in?

Baxter Springs Unified School District 508. Parts of the city are in Riverton Unified School District 404 and Columbus Unified School District 493.

How do I register to vote in Spring Valley 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 Cherokee 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.