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The Lake Arrowhead handbook

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

Clinton Co Pwsd 4 Sys 1 reported 2 health-based violations to EPA in the last five years: disinfection byproducts (TTHM) ×2. 80% of systems its size reported none. Lake Arrowhead has no town government of its own, so Clinton County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Kearney R-I School District.

Lake Arrowhead has no town government. It’s a census-designated place in Clinton County, so the county and regional agencies provide most services. This page answers what we can; the same answers appear on Lake Arrowhead’s town page under “Getting set up”.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Lake Arrowhead, 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 Lake Arrowhead.

Electricity

Power comes from Union Electric

Union Electric (Union Electric Co - (MO)), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Lake Arrowhead. 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 Clinton Co Pwsd 4 Sys 1

Clinton Co Pwsd 4 Sys 1 supplies almost all of Lake Arrowhead. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Lathrop PWS and Plattsburg PWS and Clinton County Pwsd 4 Sys 2 as sellers) and serves 4,968 people in all.

2 health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: disinfection byproducts (TTHM) ×2, the latest beginning Jan 2026. 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people had none.

Lead, 90th percentile2.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 71% 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. MO1024156.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Lake Arrowhead

97% of 234 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 94% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumFiber70%1,000/1,000
Grand River Mutual TelephoneFiber36%1,000/1,000
BrightspeedDSL24%80/10
T-MobileFixed wireless67%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless47%25/3
Internet and Communication Associates of Northern MissouriFixed wireless21%50/10

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Lake Arrowhead’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lake Arrowhead.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileLake Arrowhead has no town government of its own, so look for trash and recycling rules on the county’s site.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Lake Arrowhead kids go to
K–55 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Lake Arrowhead (51%) is in Kearney R-I School District; parts are in Lathrop R-II School District (49%).

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

No town hall: the county runs things

Lake Arrowhead is unincorporated, so Clinton County is the local government.

Local governmentClinton CountyLake Arrowhead is a census-designated place: no town hall of its ownCensus
Who runs elections hereClintonElections here are run by Clinton County (county election office). 207 N. Main St., Rm 103, Plattsburg, MO 64477 · (816) 539-3713 · [email protected]FVAP, Aug 2019
Register to voteOnlineIn 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).vote.govCheck your registration and polling placevoteroutreach.sos.mo.govThe state’s voter lookup

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Aug 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Lake Arrowhead is in ZIP code 64465

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Lake ArrowheadZIP’s residents in Lake Arrowhead
64465Lathrop, MO100%8%

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 Lake Arrowhead

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

Clinton Co Pwsd 4 Sys 1 (EPA ID MO1024156). It reported 2 health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026: disinfection byproducts (TTHM) ×2. 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Lake Arrowhead?

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 Lake Arrowhead?

Spectrum, Grand River Mutual Telephone, Brightspeed, T-Mobile, AT&T, Internet and Communication Associates of Northern Missouri (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Lake Arrowhead?

64465. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Lake Arrowhead in?

Kearney R-I School District. Parts of the city are in Lathrop R-II School District.

How do I register to vote in Lake Arrowhead?

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 Clinton. 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.