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The Valley Center Township handbook

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

Valley Center Township spans 2 ZIP codes; 67147 holds the most residents (87%). For home internet, most of Valley Center Township can choose between IdeaTek and Nextlink.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Valley Center 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 Valley Center Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Evergy

Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Valley Center 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from City of Valley Center water system

The City of Valley Center water system supplies Valley Center Township: about 59% of residents live in its service area. About 36% 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 City of Wichita as seller) and serves 7,419 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile4.2 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 4.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 89% 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. KS2017318.

Internet

9 home internet providers serve Valley Center Township

100% of 1,922 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 90% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
IdeaTekFiber, Fixed wireless96%2,500/2,500
NextlinkFiber, Fixed wireless93%2,000/2,000
Cox CommunicationsCable, Fiber78%2,000/100
AT&TFixed wireless, DSL43%100/20
KanOkla CommunicationsFixed wireless100%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless69%25/6

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

Trash & recycling

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

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

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

Valley Center Township kids go to
K–32 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–122 schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Valley Center Township (55%) is in Valley Center Public Schools Unified School District 262; parts are in Sedgwick Public Schools Unified School District 439 (28%) and Halstead Unified School District 440 (16%).

A−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 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Valley Center Township spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Valley Center TownshipZIP’s residents in Valley Center Township
67147Valley Center, KS87%39%
67135Sedgwick, KS12%17%

A few homes fall in 67101.

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 Valley Center Township

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

The City of Valley Center water system (EPA ID KS2017318). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 4.2 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Valley Center 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 Valley Center Township?

IdeaTek, Nextlink, Cox Communications, AT&T, KanOkla Communications, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Valley Center Township?

67147 (87%), 67135 (12%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Valley Center Township in?

Valley Center Public Schools Unified School District 262. Parts of the city are in Sedgwick Public Schools Unified School District 439 and Halstead Unified School District 440.

How do I register to vote in Valley Center 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 Sedgwick County Election Commissioner. 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.