Photo: Kbh3rd · CC BY 4.0Living in Alton, MO: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in most of Alton comes from Alton PWS, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection. Power in Alton comes from Howell-Oregon Elec Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Alton, 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 Alton.
Power comes from Howell-Oregon Elec Coop
Howell-Oregon Elec Coop (Howell-Oregon Elec Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Alton. Its homes paid an average of 13.1¢ per kWh in 2025, about $150 a month (its average across Missouri).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Alton PWS
Alton PWS supplies Alton: about 83% of residents live in its service area. About 17% 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 1,000 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.5 ppb. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MO4010012.
2 home internet providers serve Alton
99% of 419 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 99% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current High Speed | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 100% | 2,500/1,000 |
| Brightspeed | Fiber, DSL | 73% | 2,000/2,000 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Alton’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Alton.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Alton is in Alton R-IV School District.
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 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Alton is in ZIP code 65606
ZIP codes where Alton residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Alton | ZIP’s residents in Alton |
|---|---|---|---|
| 65606 | Alton, MO | 100% | 27% |
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 Alton
Who supplies Alton’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Alton PWS (EPA ID MO4010012). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Alton?
Howell-Oregon Elec Coop (Howell-Oregon Elec Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 13.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Alton?
Current High Speed, Brightspeed (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Alton?
65606. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Alton in?
Alton R-IV School District.
How do I register to vote in Alton?
In Missouri you can register online until 27 days before Election Day, in person until 27 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 27 days before). Elections here are run by the Oregon. Check your registration at voteroutreach.sos.mo.gov.
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.