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The Summit Township handbook

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

Every home in Summit Township is in ZIP code 64730. Fiber reaches 95% of addresses in Summit Township.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Summit Township, 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 Summit Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Evergy

Evergy (Evergy Missouri West), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Summit Township. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Bates County Pwsd 6

Bates County Pwsd 6 supplies almost all of Summit Township. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Butler PWS and Harry S Truman Pwsd 2 as sellers) and serves 1,613 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.

Lead, 90th percentile2.7 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 2.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 7.3 ppb. That’s higher than 79% 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. MO1024035.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Summit Township

97% of 143 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 95% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Conexon ConnectFiber94%2,000/2,000
BrightspeedDSL5%10/1
WisperFixed wireless49%400/30
AT&TFixed wireless36%25/3
VerizonFixed wireless22%25/6

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Summit Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Summit Township.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Summit Township 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.

Summit Township kids go to
K–5Butler Elem.in Butler
6–12Butler Highin Butler

Most of Summit Township (99%) is in Butler R-V 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 Aug 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Summit Township is in ZIP code 64730

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Summit TownshipZIP’s residents in Summit Township
64730Butler, MO100%4%

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 Summit Township

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

Bates County Pwsd 6 (EPA ID MO1024035). 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 2.7 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Summit Township?

Evergy (Evergy Missouri West), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 12.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Summit Township?

Conexon Connect, Brightspeed, Wisper, AT&T, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Summit Township?

64730. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Summit Township in?

Butler R-V School District.

How do I register to vote in Summit 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 Bates. 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.