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The Hartsburg handbook

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

Every home in Hartsburg is in ZIP code 65039. SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City, 8.7 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Hartsburg, 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 Hartsburg.

Electricity

Power comes from Union Electric

Union Electric (Union Electric Co - (MO)), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Hartsburg. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Boone County Cons Pwsd 1

Boone County Cons Pwsd 1 supplies almost all of Hartsburg. It draws ground water (EPA lists City of Columbia Utilities and Boone County Pwsd 4 as sellers) and serves 24,700 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile3.5 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 3.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.8 ppb. That’s higher than 84% 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. MO3024055.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Hartsburg

100% of 67 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
CallabyteFiber100%1,000/1,000
BrightspeedDSL84%40/3
Stimulus TechnologiesFixed wireless99%100/50
Mediacom BoltFixed wireless33%100/20
WisperFixed wireless18%400/30

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Hartsburg’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Hartsburg.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Hartsburg or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Hartsburg kids go to
PK–2Southern Boone Primaryin Ashland
3–4Southern Boone Elem.in Ashland
5–8Southern Boone Middlein Ashland
9–12Southern Boone Highin Ashland

Hartsburg is in Southern Boone County 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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Oct 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Hartsburg is in ZIP code 65039

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of HartsburgZIP’s residents in Hartsburg
65039Hartsburg, MO100%5%

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 Hartsburg

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

Boone County Cons Pwsd 1 (EPA ID MO3024055). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.5 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Hartsburg?

Union Electric (Union Electric Co - (MO)), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Hartsburg?

Callabyte, Brightspeed, Stimulus Technologies, Mediacom Bolt, Wisper (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Hartsburg?

65039. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Hartsburg in?

Southern Boone County R-I School District.

How do I register to vote in Hartsburg?

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 Boone. 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.