James Brothers' House and Farm · Photo: Americasroof · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Kearney, MO: what to set up and who to call
All of Kearney gets its mail under one ZIP code, 64060. The closest ER is Excelsior Springs Hospital, 6.5 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Kearney, 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 Kearney.
Power comes from Union Electric
Union Electric (Union Electric Co - (MO)), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Kearney. 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 Kearney PWS
Kearney PWS supplies Kearney: about 86% of residents live in its service area. Clay County Pwsd 6 serves another 14%. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Kansas City PWS as seller) and serves 11,500 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MO1010416.
9 home internet providers serve Kearney
100% of 3,785 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 98% | 1,000/35 |
| Intercept Fiber | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 56% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Consolidated Communications | DSL | 55% | 50/10 |
| United Fiber | Fiber | 54% | 2,000/2,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 24% | 100/20 |
| Brightspeed | DSL, Fiber | 15% | 940/940 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Redgate Disposal picks up trash in Kearney
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Kearney, from the town’s own site.
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Pizza boxes (clean side only)
- Paper cartons
- Paper bags
- Aluminum cans
- Steel cans
- Empty aerosol cans
- Aluminum foil
Kearney Recycling Center
504 E. 19 St., Kearney, MO
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From kearneymo.us, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Kearney (95%) is in Kearney R-I School District; parts are in Excelsior Springs 40 School District (5%).
ASchool 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.
Kearney is in ZIP code 64060
ZIP codes where Kearney residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Kearney | ZIP’s residents in Kearney |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64060 | Kearney, MO | 100% | 68% |
A few homes fall in 64068.
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 Kearney
Who supplies Kearney’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Kearney PWS (EPA ID MO1010416). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Kearney?
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 Kearney?
Spectrum, Intercept Fiber, Consolidated Communications, United Fiber, AT&T, Brightspeed (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Kearney?
64060. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Kearney in?
Kearney R-I School District. Parts of the city are in Excelsior Springs 40 School District.
How do I register to vote in Kearney?
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 Clay. 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: Kearney’s own website (kearneymo.us), read Oct 23, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- 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.