Living in Louisburg, MO: what to set up and who to call
Power in Louisburg comes from Southwest Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. For an emergency, Citizens Memorial Hospital is the closest ER, 17.7 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Louisburg, 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 Louisburg.
Power comes from Southwest Electric Coop
Southwest Electric Coop (Southwest Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Louisburg. Its homes paid an average of 12.3¢ 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.
Water comes from Louisburg PWS
Louisburg PWS supplies Louisburg: about 30% of residents live in its service area. About 70% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 122 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 1.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 27.3 ppb. That’s higher than 65% 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. MO5011068.
6 home internet providers serve Louisburg
100% of 90 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brightspeed | DSL | 83% | 100/10 |
| Total HighSpeed Internet Solutions | Fixed wireless | 100% | 30/10 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 90% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 76% | 100/20 |
| Wisper | Fixed wireless | 68% | 400/30 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 20% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Louisburg’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Louisburg.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Louisburg is in Dallas 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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Louisburg is in ZIP code 65685
ZIP codes where Louisburg residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Louisburg | ZIP’s residents in Louisburg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 65685 | Louisburg, MO | 100% | 14% |
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 Louisburg
Who supplies Louisburg’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Louisburg PWS (EPA ID MO5011068). 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 1.5 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Louisburg?
Southwest Electric Coop (Southwest Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 12.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Louisburg?
Brightspeed, Total HighSpeed Internet Solutions, Verizon, T-Mobile, Wisper, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Louisburg?
65685. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Louisburg in?
Dallas County R-I School District.
How do I register to vote in Louisburg?
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 Dallas. 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.