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Walton City Hall in Walton, KansasPhoto: Steve Meirowsky (Wikipedia) (Flickr) · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Walton Township handbook

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

Walton Township spans 3 ZIP codes; 67151 holds the most residents (70%). Only 54% of addresses in Walton Township can get a wired internet connection, by the FCC’s map.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Walton 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 Walton Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Evergy

Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Walton 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 Harvey Co RWD 1

Harvey Co RWD 1 supplies Walton Township: about 55% of residents live in its service area. City of Walton serves another 46%. It draws ground water and serves 3,000 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 percentile1.3 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 1.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.8 ppb. That’s higher than 58% 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. KS2007907.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Walton Township

98% of 247 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 54% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
IdeaTekFiber, Fixed wireless76%2,500/2,500
KanOkla CommunicationsFixed wireless99%100/20
NextlinkFixed wireless81%1,000/500
T-MobileFixed wireless52%100/20
KWIKOM CommunicationsFixed wireless45%60/12
Velocity InternetFixed wireless43%250/150

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

Trash & recycling

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

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Walton Township.

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

Walton Township kids go to
PK–45 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–123 schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Walton Township (61%) is in Newton Unified School District 373; parts are in Peabody-Burns Unified School District 398 (38%).

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

Walton Township spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Walton TownshipZIP’s residents in Walton Township
67151Walton, KS70%71%
66866Peabody, KS22%7%
67114Newton, KS9%0%
Area code620Wikidata

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 Walton Township

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

Harvey Co RWD 1 (EPA ID KS2007907). 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 1.3 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Walton 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 Walton Township?

IdeaTek, KanOkla Communications, Nextlink, T-Mobile, KWIKOM Communications, Velocity Internet (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Walton Township?

67151 (70%), 66866 (22%), 67114 (9%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Walton Township in?

Newton Unified School District 373. Parts of the city are in Peabody-Burns Unified School District 398.

How do I register to vote in Walton 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 Harvey 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.