Living in Drywood Township, MO: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in most of Drywood Township comes from Vernon County Pwsd 2, 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. For emergencies, Drywood Township is closest to Nevada Regional Medical Center, 9.2 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Drywood Township, 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 Drywood Township.
Power comes from Evergy
Evergy (Evergy Missouri West), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Drywood Township. 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.
Water comes from Vernon County Pwsd 2
Vernon County Pwsd 2 supplies Drywood Township: about 64% of residents live in its service area. Sheldon PWS serves another 36%. It draws ground water and serves 1,800 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. 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. MO5024617.
Which providers serve Drywood Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Drywood Township, 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 Drywood Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Drywood Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Drywood Township (43%) is in Sheldon R-VIII School District; parts are in Nevada R-V School District (35%) and Bronaugh R-VII School District (22%).
C+School gradeSee 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 Aug 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Drywood Township spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Drywood Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Drywood Township | ZIP’s residents in Drywood Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64784 | Sheldon, MO | 70% | 65% |
| 64772 | Nevada, MO | 17% | 2% |
| 64767 | Milo, MO | 13% | 19% |
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 Drywood Township
Who supplies Drywood Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Vernon County Pwsd 2 (EPA ID MO5024617). 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 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Drywood Township?
Evergy (Evergy Missouri West), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 12.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Drywood Township?
64784 (70%), 64772 (17%), 64767 (13%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Drywood Township in?
Sheldon R-VIII School District. Parts of the city are in Nevada R-V School District and Bronaugh R-VII School District.
How do I register to vote in Drywood Township?
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 Vernon. 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.