Living in Somerset Township, MO: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in Somerset Township comes from Mercer County Pwsd 1, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 1.0 ppb. Power in Somerset Township comes from Grundy Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Somerset Township, 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 Somerset Township.
Power comes from Grundy Electric Coop
Grundy Electric Coop (Grundy Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Somerset Township.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Mercer County Pwsd 1
Mercer County Pwsd 1 supplies almost all of Somerset Township. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Rathbun Regional Water Assn (Rathbun) and Princeton PWS and Putnam County Pwsd 1 as sellers) and serves 3,200 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 2024–Dec 2026, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.8 ppb. 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MO2024382.
3 home internet providers serve Somerset Township
100% of 60 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand River Mutual Telephone | Fiber | 100% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 45% | 300/20 |
| Lockridge Networks | Fixed wireless | 13% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Somerset Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Somerset Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Somerset Township is in North Mercer 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.
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.
Somerset Township spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Somerset Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Somerset Township | ZIP’s residents in Somerset Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64661 | Mercer, MO | 78% | 10% |
| 64672 | Powersville, MO | 13% | 5% |
| 64673 | Princeton, MO | 9% | 0% |
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 Somerset Township
Who supplies Somerset Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Mercer County Pwsd 1 (EPA ID MO2024382). 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 1.0 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Somerset Township?
Grundy Electric Coop (Grundy Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility.
What internet providers serve Somerset Township?
Grand River Mutual Telephone, Verizon, Lockridge Networks (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Somerset Township?
64661 (78%), 64672 (13%), 64673 (9%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Somerset Township in?
North Mercer County R-III School District.
How do I register to vote in Somerset Township?
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 Mercer. 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.