Photo: Ben Jacobson (Kranar Drogin) · CC BY 2.5Living in Osage Beach, MO: what to set up and who to call
Power in Osage Beach comes from Co-Mo Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. The closest public drop-off to Osage Beach is Republic Services Transfer Station, 5 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Osage Beach, 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 Osage Beach.
Power comes from Co-Mo Electric Coop
Co-Mo Electric Coop (Co-Mo Electric Coop Inc), a cooperative utility, serves 83.3% of Osage Beach residents. Its homes paid an average of 14.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $167 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 Osage Beach East PWS
Osage Beach East PWS supplies Osage Beach: about 51% of residents live in its service area. Osage Beach West PWS serves another 13%. Camden County Pwsd #4 Shawnee Bend serves another 9%. About 28% 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 2,611 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 2022–Dec 2024, was 2.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 75% 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. MO3011367.
7 home internet providers serve Osage Beach
99% of 2,697 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 1% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 92% | 1,000/1,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL | 59% | 100/20 |
| Wave Internet Technologies | Fixed wireless | 100% | 100/100 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 76% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 71% | 100/20 |
| Wisper | Fixed wireless | 70% | 400/30 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
The nearest public drop-off is 5 miles away
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Osage Beach.
Republic Services Transfer Station
35 North Frontage Road, Linn Creek, MO, 65052 · run by Republic Services
This isn’t Osage Beach’s own facility. Whether Osage Beach residents may use it is the town’s rule: check osagebeach-mo.gov.
OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Osage Beach (75%) is in Camdenton R-III School District; parts are in School of The Osage School District (25%).
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.
Osage Beach is in ZIP code 65065
ZIP codes where Osage Beach residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Osage Beach | ZIP’s residents in Osage Beach |
|---|---|---|---|
| 65065 | Osage Beach, MO | 100% | 67% |
A few homes fall in 65047.
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 Osage Beach
Who supplies Osage Beach’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Osage Beach East PWS (EPA ID MO3011367). 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 2.3 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Osage Beach?
Co-Mo Electric Coop (Co-Mo Electric Coop Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 14.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Osage Beach?
Spectrum, AT&T, Wave Internet Technologies, Verizon, T-Mobile, Wisper (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Osage Beach?
65065. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Osage Beach in?
Camdenton R-III School District. Parts of the city are in School of The Osage School District.
How do I register to vote in Osage Beach?
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 Camden. 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.