Harry Truman Birthplace Memorial · Photo: Karen Montgomery · CC BY-SA 2.0Living in Lamar, MO: what to set up and who to call
Lamar runs its own electric utility, City of Lamar. For emergencies, Lamar is closest to Cox Barton County Hospital, 1.4 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lamar, 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 Lamar.
Power comes from City of Lamar
City of Lamar (City of Lamar - (MO)), a municipal utility, serves 97.0% of Lamar residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Lamar PWS
Lamar PWS supplies almost all of Lamar. It draws surface water and serves 4,500 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 61% 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MO5010446.
Which providers serve Lamar
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Lamar, 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 day in Lamar depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Lamar, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayLook up your day on cityoflamar.org
- Bulky itemsCall to book
From cityoflamar.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-09-27. 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.
Lamar is in Lamar R-I School District.
B−School 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.
Lamar is in ZIP code 64759
ZIP codes where Lamar residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lamar | ZIP’s residents in Lamar |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64759 | Lamar, MO | 100% | 54% |
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 Lamar
Who supplies Lamar’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Lamar PWS (EPA ID MO5010446). 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 1.6 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lamar?
City of Lamar (City of Lamar - (MO)), a municipal utility.
What ZIP codes are in Lamar?
64759. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lamar in?
Lamar R-I School District.
How do I register to vote in Lamar?
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: Lamar’s own website (cityoflamar.org), read Oct 21, 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): pending.