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The Linneus handbook

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

Linneus runs its own electric utility, City of Linneus. Tap water in Linneus comes from Linneus PWS, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 23% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Linneus, 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 Linneus.

Electricity

Power comes from City of Linneus

City of Linneus (City of Linneus - (MO)), a municipal utility, serves all of Linneus.

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 Linneus PWS

Linneus PWS supplies Linneus: about 90% of residents live in its service area. About 8% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists Linn County Cons Pwsd 1 and Linn Livingston County Pwsd 3 as sellers) and serves 278 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 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. The highest in five years was 1.9 ppb. 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. MO2010472.

Internet

2 home internet providers serve Linneus

100% of 177 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Grand River Mutual TelephoneFiber100%1,000/1,000
VerizonFixed wireless77%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Linneus’ trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Linneus.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Linneus 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.

Linneus kids go to
PK–5Linn Co. Elem.in Purdin
6–12Linn Co. Highin Purdin

Linneus is in Linn 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 Sep 2017; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Linneus is in ZIP code 64653

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of LinneusZIP’s residents in Linneus
64653Linneus, MO100%41%
Area code660Wikidata

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 Linneus

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

Linneus PWS (EPA ID MO2010472). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% 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 Linneus?

City of Linneus (City of Linneus - (MO)), a municipal utility.

What internet providers serve Linneus?

Grand River Mutual Telephone, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Linneus?

64653. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Linneus in?

Linn County R-I School District.

How do I register to vote in Linneus?

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 Linn. 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.