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The Noel handbook

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

Power in Noel comes from New-Mac Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. The closest ER is Ozarks Community Hospital of Gravette, 9.1 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Noel, 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 Noel.

Electricity

Power comes from New-Mac Electric Coop

New-Mac Electric Coop (New-Mac Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Noel. Its homes paid an average of 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $180 a month (its average across Missouri).

Start or move service: newmac.com

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 Liberty Water Noel

Liberty Water Noel supplies Noel: about 94% of residents live in its service area. 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 1,832 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.

Lead, 90th percentile2.7 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 2.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 80% 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. MO5010577.

Internet

Which providers serve Noel

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Noel, 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 & recycling

We don’t have Noel’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Noel.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Noel kids go to
PK–86 schoolsDepends on your address
9–12McDonald County Highin Anderson

Noel is in McDonald County 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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Noel is in ZIP code 64854

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of NoelZIP’s residents in Noel
64854Noel, MO100%44%
Area code417Wikidata

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 Noel

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

Liberty Water Noel (EPA ID MO5010577). 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 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Noel?

New-Mac Electric Coop (New-Mac Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What ZIP codes are in Noel?

64854. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Noel in?

McDonald County R-I School District.

How do I register to vote in Noel?

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 McDonald. 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.