Photo: Kbh3rd · CC BY 4.0Living in Palmyra, MO: what to set up and who to call
Palmyra runs its own electric utility, City of Palmyra. Public schools here are run by Palmyra R-I School District.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Palmyra, 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 Palmyra.
Power comes from City of Palmyra
City of Palmyra (City of Palmyra - (MO)), a municipal utility, serves 95.6% of Palmyra residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Palmyra PWS
Palmyra PWS supplies almost all of Palmyra. It draws ground water and serves 3,595 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 1.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 53% 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. MO2010623.
5 home internet providers serve Palmyra
100% of 1,540 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 89% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 94% | 1,000/35 |
| Brightspeed | Fiber, DSL | 89% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Chariton Valley Communication | Fiber | 38% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Mark Twain Communications Company | Fixed wireless | 100% | 300/50 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 4% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Palmyra is Monday or Thursday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Palmyra, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (Mon or Thu)The town’s pickup schedule (PDF)
Palmyra Recycle Center
810 West Line Street, Palmyra, MO 63461
From palmyramo.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Palmyra is in Palmyra 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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Palmyra is in ZIP code 63461
ZIP codes where Palmyra residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Palmyra | ZIP’s residents in Palmyra |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63461 | Palmyra, MO | 100% | 61% |
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 Palmyra
Who supplies Palmyra’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Palmyra PWS (EPA ID MO2010623). 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 1.1 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Palmyra?
City of Palmyra (City of Palmyra - (MO)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Palmyra?
Spectrum, Brightspeed, Chariton Valley Communication, Mark Twain Communications Company, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Palmyra?
63461. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Palmyra in?
Palmyra R-I School District.
How do I register to vote in Palmyra?
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 Marion. 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: Palmyra’s own website (palmyramo.gov), read Oct 23, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- 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.