Living in Dutchtown, MO: what to set up and who to call
Dutchtown has no town government of its own, so Cape Girardeau County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Cape Girardeau 63 School District. For emergencies, Dutchtown is closest to Saint Francis Medical Center, 5 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Dutchtown, 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 Dutchtown.
Power comes from Union Electric
Union Electric (Union Electric Co - (MO)), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Dutchtown. Its homes paid an average of 13.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $137 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 Cape Girardeau County Pwsd 4
Cape Girardeau County Pwsd 4 supplies almost all of Dutchtown. It draws ground water and serves 1,743 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 1.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.7 ppb. That’s higher than 54% 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MO4024100.
Which providers serve Dutchtown
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Dutchtown, 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 Dutchtown’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Dutchtown.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Dutchtown (62%) is in Cape Girardeau 63 School District; parts are in Delta R-V School District (38%).
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
Dutchtown is unincorporated, so Cape Girardeau County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Dutchtown spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Dutchtown residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Dutchtown | ZIP’s residents in Dutchtown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63701 | Cape Girardeau, MO | 69% | 0% |
| 63745 | Dutchtown, MO | 31% | 100% |
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 Dutchtown
Who supplies Dutchtown’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Cape Girardeau County Pwsd 4 (EPA ID MO4024100). 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 1.1 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Dutchtown?
Union Electric (Union Electric Co - (MO)), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Dutchtown?
63701 (69%), 63745 (31%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Dutchtown in?
Cape Girardeau 63 School District. Parts of the city are in Delta R-V School District.
How do I register to vote in Dutchtown?
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 Cape Girardeau. 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.