Living in Lynch Township, MO: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in most of Lynch Township comes from Texas County 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 Lynch Township comes from Intercounty Electric Coop Assn, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lynch 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 Lynch Township.
Power comes from Intercounty Electric Coop Assn
Intercounty Electric Coop Assn (Intercounty Electric Coop Assn - (MO)), a cooperative utility, serves all of Lynch Township. Its homes paid an average of 13.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $164 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 Texas County Pwsd 1
Texas County Pwsd 1 supplies Lynch Township: about 62% of residents live in its service area. Texas County Pwsd 4 serves another 21%. Texas County Pwsd 2 serves another 11%. About 6% 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 3,335 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 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. MO4024606.
Which providers serve Lynch Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Lynch 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.
We don’t have Lynch Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lynch Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Lynch Township (58%) is in Success R-VI School District; parts are in Licking R-VIII School District (35%) and Houston R-I School District (7%).
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.
Lynch Township spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Lynch Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lynch Township | ZIP’s residents in Lynch Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 65542 | Licking, MO | 50% | 10% |
| 65444 | Bucyrus, MO | 25% | 32% |
| 65570 | Success, MO | 13% | 41% |
| 65483 | Houston, MO | 11% | 3% |
A few homes fall in 65557.
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 Lynch Township
Who supplies Lynch Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Texas County Pwsd 1 (EPA ID MO4024606). 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 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lynch Township?
Intercounty Electric Coop Assn (Intercounty Electric Coop Assn - (MO)), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 13.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Lynch Township?
65542 (50%), 65444 (25%), 65570 (13%), 65483 (11%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lynch Township in?
Success R-VI School District. Parts of the city are in Licking R-VIII School District and Houston R-I School District.
How do I register to vote in Lynch 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 Texas. 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.