Living in Fremont, MO: what to set up and who to call
Fremont has no town government of its own, so Carter County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Van Buren R-I School District. Tap water in Fremont comes from Carter 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.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Fremont, 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 Fremont.
Power comes from Ozark Border Electric Coop
Ozark Border Electric Coop (Ozark Border Electric Coop), a cooperative utility, serves all of Fremont. Its homes paid an average of 12.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $167 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 Carter County Pwsd 2
Carter County Pwsd 2 supplies almost all of Fremont. It draws ground water and serves 50 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 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. The highest in five years was 2.2 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. MO4024109.
Which providers serve Fremont
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Fremont, 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 Fremont’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Fremont.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Fremont is in Van Buren 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
Fremont is unincorporated, so Carter 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.
Fremont is in ZIP code 63941
ZIP codes where Fremont residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Fremont | ZIP’s residents in Fremont |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63941 | Fremont, MO | 100% | 14% |
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 Fremont
Who supplies Fremont’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Carter County Pwsd 2 (EPA ID MO4024109). 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 Fremont?
Ozark Border Electric Coop (Ozark Border Electric Coop), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 12.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Fremont?
63941. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Fremont in?
Van Buren R-I School District.
How do I register to vote in Fremont?
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 Carter. 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.