Photo: rjones0856 · CC BY 2.0Living in Bennett Springs, MO: what to set up and who to call
Bennett Springs has no town government of its own, so Dallas County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Dallas County R-I School District. Tap water in most of Bennett Springs comes from Laclede County Pwsd 1, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Bennett Springs, 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 Bennett Springs.
Power comes from Laclede Electric Coop
Laclede Electric Coop (Laclede Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves 61.6% of Bennett Springs residents. Its homes paid an average of 12.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $158 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 Laclede County Pwsd 1
Laclede County Pwsd 1 supplies Bennett Springs: about 80% of residents live in its service area. About 20% 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 8,550 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.5 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MO5024317.
Which providers serve Bennett Springs
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Bennett Springs, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Bennett Springs’ trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Bennett Springs.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Bennett Springs is in Dallas County R-I 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.
No town hall: the county runs things
Bennett Springs is unincorporated, so Dallas County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2017; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Bennett Springs is in ZIP code 65536
ZIP codes where Bennett Springs residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Bennett Springs | ZIP’s residents in Bennett Springs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 65536 | Lebanon, MO | 100% | 0% |
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 Bennett Springs
Who supplies Bennett Springs’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
Laclede County Pwsd 1 (EPA ID MO5024317). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Bennett Springs?
Laclede Electric Coop (Laclede Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 12.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Bennett Springs?
65536. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Bennett Springs in?
Dallas County R-I School District.
How do I register to vote in Bennett Springs?
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 Laclede. 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): pending.