Photo: Dave Herholz · CC BY-SA 2.0Living in Sedalia, MO: what to set up and who to call
All of Sedalia gets its mail under one ZIP code, 65301. Trains stop in Sedalia.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Sedalia, 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 Sedalia.
Power comes from Evergy
Evergy (Evergy Missouri West), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Sedalia. 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 Sedalia PWS
Sedalia PWS supplies almost all of Sedalia. It draws ground water and serves 21,725 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 1.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 62% 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. MO3010728.
8 home internet providers serve Sedalia
99% of 8,704 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 93% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 1,000/35 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless | 92% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Fastwyre Broadband | Fiber | 91% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Socket Telecom | Fiber | 8% | 2,500/2,500 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 81% | 300/20 |
| Wisper | Fixed wireless | 57% | 400/30 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Sedalia depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Sedalia, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayFind your street’s day on sedalia.com →
- Bulky itemsCall to book, Tue
Holidays change the pickup schedule: check the town’s calendar for those weeks.
Materials Management Site
27882 Highway U, Sedalia, MO 65301
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Cost: $128 per calendar year
Accepted at the curb
- Phone books
- Paper egg cartons
- Opened mail and greeting cards
- File folders
- White or pastel office paper
- Blueprints
- Magazines, brochures, and catalogs
- Paperboard boxes
- Paperback books
- Newspapers
- Pizza boxes
- Corrugated cardboard
- Paper bags
- Paper milk/juice cartons (no foil pouches, do not flatten)
- Clean balled aluminum foil (2" or larger) and pie pans
From sedalia.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 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.
Most of Sedalia (92%) is in Sedalia 200 School District; parts are in Pettis County R-XII School District (7%).
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 Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Sedalia is in ZIP code 65301
ZIP codes where Sedalia residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Sedalia | ZIP’s residents in Sedalia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 65301 | Sedalia, MO | 100% | 62% |
65302 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.
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.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Sedalia
Who supplies Sedalia’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Sedalia PWS (EPA ID MO3010728). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.7 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Sedalia?
Evergy (Evergy Missouri West), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 12.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Sedalia?
Spectrum, AT&T, Fastwyre Broadband, Socket Telecom, Verizon, Wisper (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Sedalia?
65301. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Sedalia in?
Sedalia 200 School District. Parts of the city are in Pettis County R-XII School District.
How do I register to vote in Sedalia?
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 Pettis. 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: Sedalia’s own website (sedalia.com), read Oct 21, 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.