Living in Sycamore Township, KS: what to set up and who to call
Sycamore Township spans 2 ZIP codes; 66842 holds the most residents (95%). For an emergency, Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital is the closest ER, 18.4 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Sycamore Township, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Sycamore Township.
Power comes from Evergy
Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Sycamore Township. Its homes paid an average of 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $124 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.
Water comes from City of Cassoday water system
The City of Cassoday water system supplies Sycamore Township: about 36% of residents live in its service area. Butler Co RWD 3 serves another 36%. About 28% 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 Butler Co RWD 3 as seller) and serves 111 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 1.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.9 ppb. That’s higher than 68% 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. KS2001501.
6 home internet providers serve Sycamore Township
91% of 188 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 80% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat State Technologies | Fiber | 89% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Velocity Internet | Fixed wireless | 94% | 250/150 |
| Nextlink | Fixed wireless | 55% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 43% | 100/20 |
| Velocity | Fixed wireless | 6% | 100/10 |
| IdeaTek | Fixed wireless | 4% | 100/10 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Sycamore Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Sycamore Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Sycamore Township (93%) is in Flinthills Unified School District 492; parts are in El Dorado Unified School District 490 (4%) and Peabody-Burns Unified School District 398 (3%).
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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2017; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Sycamore Township spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Sycamore Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Sycamore Township | ZIP’s residents in Sycamore Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66842 | Cassoday, KS | 95% | 95% |
| 66840 | Burns, KS | 4% | 2% |
A few homes fall in 67042.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
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 Sycamore Township
Who supplies Sycamore Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Cassoday water system (EPA ID KS2001501). 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 1.8 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Sycamore Township?
Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Sycamore Township?
Wheat State Technologies, Velocity Internet, Nextlink, T-Mobile, Velocity, IdeaTek (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Sycamore Township?
66842 (95%), 66840 (4%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Sycamore Township in?
Flinthills Unified School District 492. Parts of the city are in El Dorado Unified School District 490 and Peabody-Burns Unified School District 398.
How do I register to vote in Sycamore 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 Butler 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.