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The Paynesville handbook

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

Paynesville spans 2 ZIP codes; 63336 holds the most residents (92%). The ER is a drive from Paynesville: the closest is Pike County Memorial Hospital, 15.1 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Paynesville, 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 Paynesville.

Electricity

Power comes from Union Electric

Union Electric (Union Electric Co - (MO)), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Paynesville. Its homes paid an average of 13.3¢ 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Pike County Pwsd 1

Pike County Pwsd 1 supplies Paynesville: about 72% of residents live in its service area. About 28% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Bowling Green PWS and Louisiana PWS and Clarence Cannon Wholesale Wtr Comm as sellers) and serves 7,590 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.

Lead, 90th percentile1.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.0 ppb. That’s higher than 64% 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MO2024471.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Paynesville

92% of 43 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 92% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumFiber88%1,000/1,000
AT&TDSL33%10/1
Windstream MissouriDSL2%100/20
WisperFixed wireless30%400/30

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Paynesville’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Paynesville.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Paynesville or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Paynesville kids go to
PK–5Clopton Elem.in Clarksville
6–8Clopton Middlein Clarksville
9–12Clopton Highin Clarksville

Paynesville is in Pike County R-III 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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2017; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Paynesville spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of PaynesvilleZIP’s residents in Paynesville
63336Clarksville, MO92%5%
63344Eolia, MO8%0%

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 Paynesville

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

Pike County Pwsd 1 (EPA ID MO2024471). 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 1.8 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Paynesville?

Union Electric (Union Electric Co - (MO)), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Paynesville?

Spectrum, AT&T, Windstream Missouri, Wisper (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Paynesville?

63336 (92%), 63344 (8%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Paynesville in?

Pike County R-III School District.

How do I register to vote in Paynesville?

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 Pike. 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.