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The Cabool handbook

Living in Cabool, MO: what to set up and who to call

Cabool runs its own electric utility, City of Cabool. The nearest emergency room is Texas County Memorial Hospital, 15.4 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Cabool, 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 Cabool.

Electricity

Power comes from City of Cabool

City of Cabool (City of Cabool - (MO)), a municipal utility, serves all of Cabool.

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 Cabool PWS

Cabool PWS supplies Cabool: about 93% of residents live in its service area. About 7% 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 2,146 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 percentile3.2 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 3.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 85% 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. MO4010120.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Cabool

99% of 930 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 58% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Mediacom XtreamCable, Fiber93%1,000/50
BrightspeedFiber, DSL67%2,000/2,000
Total HighSpeed Internet SolutionsFixed wireless100%30/10
Wave Internet TechnologiesFixed wireless100%100/100
WisperFixed wireless75%400/30
T-MobileFixed wireless22%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Cabool’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Cabool.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Cabool kids go to
PK–4Cabool Elem.Cabool R-IV School District
5–8Cabool MiddleCabool R-IV School District
9–12Cabool HighCabool R-IV School District

Cabool is in Cabool R-IV School District.

C−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 Aug 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Cabool is in ZIP code 65689

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of CaboolZIP’s residents in Cabool
65689Cabool, MO100%46%

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 Cabool

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

Cabool PWS (EPA ID MO4010120). 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 3.2 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Cabool?

City of Cabool (City of Cabool - (MO)), a municipal utility.

What internet providers serve Cabool?

Mediacom Xtream, Brightspeed, Total HighSpeed Internet Solutions, Wave Internet Technologies, Wisper, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Cabool?

65689. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Cabool in?

Cabool R-IV School District.

How do I register to vote in Cabool?

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 Texas. 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.