Living in Lone Oak Township, MO: what to set up and who to call
Lone Oak Township spans 2 ZIP codes; 64730 holds the most residents (94%). Conexon Connect wires most of Lone Oak Township, and 98% of addresses can get fiber.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lone Oak Township, 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 Lone Oak Township.
Power comes from Evergy
Evergy (Evergy Missouri West), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Lone Oak Township. Its homes paid an average of 12.1¢ per kWh in 2025, about $121 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 Bates County Pwsd 6
Bates County Pwsd 6 supplies Lone Oak Township: about 78% of residents live in its service area. Bates County Pwsd 4 serves another 15%. Bates County Pwsd 7 serves another 6%. Bates County Pwsd 1 serves another 5%. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Butler PWS and Harry S Truman Pwsd 2 as sellers) and serves 1,613 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 2.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 7.3 ppb. That’s higher than 79% 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. MO1024035.
7 home internet providers serve Lone Oak Township
99% of 139 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 98% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conexon Connect | Fiber | 97% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Brightspeed | DSL | 6% | 10/1 |
| Fastwyre Broadband | DSL | 6% | 25/3 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 45% | 25/3 |
| Wisper | Fixed wireless | 40% | 400/30 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 22% | 25/6 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Lone Oak Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lone Oak Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Lone Oak Township (78%) is in Butler R-V School District; parts are in Rich Hill R-IV School District (22%).
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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Aug 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Lone Oak Township spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Lone Oak Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lone Oak Township | ZIP’s residents in Lone Oak Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64730 | Butler, MO | 94% | 4% |
| 64779 | Rich Hill, MO | 6% | 1% |
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 Lone Oak Township
Who supplies Lone Oak Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Bates County Pwsd 6 (EPA ID MO1024035). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.7 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lone Oak Township?
Evergy (Evergy Missouri West), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 12.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Lone Oak Township?
Conexon Connect, Brightspeed, Fastwyre Broadband, AT&T, Wisper, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Lone Oak Township?
64730 (94%), 64779 (6%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lone Oak Township in?
Butler R-V School District. Parts of the city are in Rich Hill R-IV School District.
How do I register to vote in Lone Oak 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 Bates. 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.