Living in St. Catharine, MO: what to set up and who to call
St. Catharine has no town government of its own, so Linn County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Brookfield R-III School District. Tap water in St. Catharine comes from Chariton Linn County Pwsd 3, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 1.0 ppb.
I’m new in town
What to set up in St. Catharine, 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 St. Catharine.
Power comes from North Central MO Elec Coop
North Central MO Elec Coop (North Central MO Elec Coop Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of St. Catharine.
Start or move service: ncmec.coop
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Chariton Linn County Pwsd 3
Chariton Linn County Pwsd 3 supplies almost all of St. Catharine. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Brookfield PWS and Marceline PWS as sellers) and serves 5,200 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 2024–Dec 2026, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.4 ppb. That’s higher than 51% 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. MO2024128.
1 home internet providers serve St. Catharine
97% of 34 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 97% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chariton Valley Communication | Fiber | 97% | 1,000/1,000 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have St. Catharine’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in St. Catharine.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
St. Catharine is in Brookfield 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.
No town hall: the county runs things
St. Catharine is unincorporated, so Linn County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2017; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
St. Catharine is in ZIP code 64628
ZIP codes where St. Catharine residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of St. Catharine | ZIP’s residents in St. Catharine |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64628 | Brookfield, MO | 100% | 1% |
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 St. Catharine
Who supplies St. Catharine’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Chariton Linn County Pwsd 3 (EPA ID MO2024128). 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 1.0 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in St. Catharine?
North Central MO Elec Coop (North Central MO Elec Coop Inc), a cooperative utility.
What internet providers serve St. Catharine?
Chariton Valley Communication (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in St. Catharine?
64628. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is St. Catharine in?
Brookfield R-III School District.
How do I register to vote in St. Catharine?
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 Linn. 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.