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The Bent Tree Harbor handbook

Living in Bent Tree Harbor, MO: what to set up and who to call

Bent Tree Harbor has no town government of its own, so Benton County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Warsaw R-IX School District. The Winegars Teal Bend Subd water system has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 7.0 ppb, was higher than 94% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15).

Bent Tree Harbor has no town government. It’s a census-designated place in Benton County, so the county and regional agencies provide most services. This page answers what we can; the same answers appear on Bent Tree Harbor’s town page under “Getting set up”.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Bent Tree Harbor, 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 Bent Tree Harbor.

Electricity

Power comes from Evergy

Evergy (Evergy Missouri West), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Bent Tree Harbor. Its homes paid an average of 12.1¢ per kWh in 2025, about $121 a month (its average across Missouri).

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 Winegars Teal Bend Subd water system

The Winegars Teal Bend Subd water system supplies Bent Tree Harbor: about 12% of residents live in its service area. About 88% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water (EPA lists Henry County Pwsd 3 as seller) and serves 400 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.

Lead, 90th percentile7.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 7.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 94% 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MO3036121.

Internet

Which providers serve Bent Tree Harbor

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Bent Tree Harbor, 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.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Bent Tree Harbor’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Bent Tree Harbor.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileBent Tree Harbor has no town government of its own, so look for trash and recycling rules on the county’s site.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Bent Tree Harbor kids go to
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8John Boise Middle Schoolin Warsaw
9–12Warsaw High Schoolin Warsaw

Bent Tree Harbor is in Warsaw R-IX 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.

Government & voting

No town hall: the county runs things

Bent Tree Harbor is unincorporated, so Benton County is the local government.

Local governmentBenton CountyBent Tree Harbor is a census-designated place: no town hall of its ownCensus
Who runs elections hereBentonElections here are run by Benton County (county election office). Its listing was last updated in 2015, so we don’t show its contacts: check voteroutreach.sos.mo.gov.FVAP, Sep 2015
Register to voteOnlineIn 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).vote.govCheck your registration and polling placevoteroutreach.sos.mo.govThe state’s voter lookup

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Bent Tree Harbor is in ZIP code 65355

ZIP codes where Bent Tree Harbor residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Bent Tree HarborZIP’s residents in Bent Tree Harbor
65355Warsaw, MO100%3%

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 Bent Tree Harbor

Who supplies Bent Tree Harbor’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Winegars Teal Bend Subd water system (EPA ID MO3036121). 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 7.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Bent Tree Harbor?

Evergy (Evergy Missouri West), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 12.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What ZIP codes are in Bent Tree Harbor?

65355. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Bent Tree Harbor in?

Warsaw R-IX School District.

How do I register to vote in Bent Tree Harbor?

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 Benton. 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.