Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Stanton Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Carey's Ford BridgeCarey's Ford Bridge · Photo: Babybammbam · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Stanton Township handbook

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

Stanton Township spans 2 ZIP codes; 66071 holds the most residents (83%). Most of Stanton Township has one wired internet choice: MoKan Dial.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Stanton 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 Stanton Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Evergy

Evergy (Evergy Metro), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Stanton Township. Its homes paid an average of 13.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $129 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 Miami Co RWD 2

Miami Co RWD 2 supplies Stanton Township: about 78% of residents live in its service area. About 22% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 10,311 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile2.6 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 2.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 76% 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. KS2012101.

Internet

9 home internet providers serve Stanton Township

76% of 405 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 74% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
MoKan DialFiber80%1,000/1,000
BrightspeedDSL7%100/10
KWIKOM CommunicationsFixed wireless34%60/12
VerizonFixed wireless22%300/20
Mercury FiberFixed wireless18%150/20
T-MobileFixed wireless16%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Stanton Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Stanton Township.

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

Stanton Township kids go to
PK–22 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
3–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Stanton Township (66%) is in Paola Unified School District 368; parts are in Osawatomie Unified School District 367 (34%).

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

ZIP codes & area codes

Stanton Township spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Stanton TownshipZIP’s residents in Stanton Township
66071Paola, KS83%6%
66064Osawatomie, KS17%2%

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 Stanton Township

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

Miami Co RWD 2 (EPA ID KS2012101). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.6 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Stanton Township?

Evergy (Evergy Metro), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Stanton Township?

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

What ZIP codes are in Stanton Township?

66071 (83%), 66064 (17%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Stanton Township in?

Paola Unified School District 368. Parts of the city are in Osawatomie Unified School District 367.

How do I register to vote in Stanton 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 Miami 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.