Photo: Marshall Astor · CC BY-SA 2.0Living in Peculiar, MO: what to set up and who to call
All of Peculiar gets its mail under one ZIP code, 64078. For emergencies, Peculiar is closest to Belton Regional Medical Center, 6 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Peculiar, 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 Peculiar.
Power comes from Evergy
Evergy (Evergy Missouri West), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Peculiar. Its homes paid an average of 12.1¢ per kWh in 2025, about $121 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 Peculiar PWS
Peculiar PWS supplies Peculiar: about 50% of residents live in its service area. About 50% 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 Kansas City PWS and Cass County Pwsd 10 and Cass County Pwsd 7 and Cass County Pwsd 2 as sellers) and serves 6,226 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MO1010633.
10 home internet providers serve Peculiar
100% of 2,316 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 22% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 96% | 2,000/250 |
| Consolidated Communications | DSL | 73% | 10/1 |
| Conexon Connect | Fiber | 19% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Spectrum | Fiber | 6% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 92% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 76% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Peculiar’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Peculiar.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Peculiar is in Raymore-Peculiar R-II School District.
BSchool 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 2017; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Peculiar is in ZIP code 64078
ZIP codes where Peculiar residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Peculiar | ZIP’s residents in Peculiar |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64078 | Peculiar, MO | 100% | 57% |
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 Peculiar
Who supplies Peculiar’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Peculiar PWS (EPA ID MO1010633). 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 Peculiar?
Evergy (Evergy Missouri West), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 12.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Peculiar?
Xfinity, Consolidated Communications, Conexon Connect, Spectrum, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Peculiar?
64078. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Peculiar in?
Raymore-Peculiar R-II School District.
How do I register to vote in Peculiar?
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 Cass. 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.