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The St. Marys Township handbook

Living in St. Marys Township, KS: what to set up and who to call

St. Marys Township runs its own electric utility, City of St Marys. St. Marys Township has its own library, Pottawatomie Wabaunsee Regional Library, at 306 N. 5th Street.

I’m new in town

What to set up in St. Marys 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 St. Marys Township.

Electricity

Power comes from City of St Marys

City of St Marys (City of St Marys - (KS)), a municipal utility, serves 72.2% of St. Marys Township 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 St Marys water system

The City of St Marys water system supplies St. Marys Township: about 69% of residents live in its service area. Pottawatomie Co RWD 4 serves another 31%. About 3% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 2,781 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 2024–Dec 2026, was 1.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. 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. KS2014914.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve St. Marys Township

100% of 1,173 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
WTC CommunicationsFiber, Fixed wireless100%4,000/4,000
BrightspeedDSL, Fixed wireless78%80/10
Mercury FiberFixed wireless89%150/20
T-MobileFixed wireless86%100/20
KWIKOM CommunicationsFixed wireless6%60/12
VerizonFixed wireless6%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have St. Marys Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in St. Marys Township.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

St. Marys Township kids go to
PK–6St Marys ElemKaw Valley Unified School District 321
7–12St. Marys Junior Senior HighKaw Valley Unified School District 321

St. Marys Township is in Kaw Valley Unified School District 321.

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

ZIP codes & area codes

St. Marys Township is in ZIP code 66536

ZIP codes where St. Marys Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of St. Marys TownshipZIP’s residents in St. Marys Township
66536Saint Marys, KS100%92%
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 St. Marys Township

Who supplies St. Marys Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The City of St Marys water system (EPA ID KS2014914). 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 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in St. Marys Township?

City of St Marys (City of St Marys - (KS)), a municipal utility.

What internet providers serve St. Marys Township?

WTC Communications, Brightspeed, Mercury Fiber, T-Mobile, KWIKOM Communications, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in St. Marys Township?

66536. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is St. Marys Township in?

Kaw Valley Unified School District 321.

How do I register to vote in St. Marys 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 Pottawatomie 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.