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The Lamar Township handbook

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

Tap water in most of Lamar Township comes from Barton Dade Cedar Jasp Countycons Pwsd 1, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection. Power in Lamar Township comes from Barton County Elec Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.

Who supplies the water?Which school will my kid attend?How do I register to vote?ZIP codes

I’m new in town

What to set up in Lamar Township, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

PowerBarton County Elec Coopcooperative utilityMore →WaterBarton Dade Cedar Jasp Countycons Pwsd 10 health-based violations in 5 years · EPAMore →
InternetWhich providers serve Lamar TownshipData pending · FCC map (D4)
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Lamar Township’s trash rules yetMore →SchoolLamar R-I School DistrictWhich school depends on grade and addressMore →Register to voteOnlineRules from vote.govMore →ZIP code64759Where people live, not P.O. boxesMore →
Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Lamar Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Barton County Elec Coop

Barton County Elec Coop (Barton County Elec Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Lamar Township.

Start or move service: bartonelectric.com

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 Barton Dade Cedar Jasp Countycons Pwsd 1

Barton Dade Cedar Jasp Countycons Pwsd 1 supplies Lamar Township: about 68% of residents live in its service area. Lamar PWS serves another 32%. It draws ground water and serves 9,523 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MO5024023.

Internet

Which providers serve Lamar Township

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Lamar Township, 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.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Lamar Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lamar Township.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupCheck cityoflamar.orgOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Lamar Township 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.

Lamar Township kids go to
PK–2East Elem.in Lamar
3–5Lamar Elem.in Lamar
6–8Lamar Middlein Lamar
9–12Lamar Highin Lamar

Most of Lamar Township (97%) is in Lamar R-I School District; parts are in Golden City R-III School District (3%).

B−School gradeSee 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.

Official sitecityoflamar.orgLamar Township’s own websiteWikidataTown HallBudget, officials, electionsLamar Township’s government in one page
Who runs elections hereBartonElections here are run by Barton County (county election office). 1004 Gulf, Rm 103, Lamar, MO 64759 · (417) 682-3529 · [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

Lamar Township is in ZIP code 64759

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Lamar TownshipZIP’s residents in Lamar Township
64759Lamar, MO100%18%
Area code417Wikidata

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.

Nearest emergency roomCox Barton County Hospital2.5 miles awayGet a library cardMary K. Finley Library300 W 10th St. · (417) 682-5355

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Lamar Township

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

Barton Dade Cedar Jasp Countycons Pwsd 1 (EPA ID MO5024023). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% 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 Lamar Township?

Barton County Elec Coop (Barton County Elec Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility.

What ZIP codes are in Lamar Township?

64759. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Lamar Township in?

Lamar R-I School District. Parts of the city are in Golden City R-III School District.

How do I register to vote in Lamar Township?

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 Barton. 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.