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The Union handbook

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

Trash goes out on Mondays in Union, collected by Waste Connections. Mercy Hospital Washington, 7.9 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Union, 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 Union.

Electricity

Power comes from Union Electric

Union Electric (Union Electric Co - (MO)), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Union. Its homes paid an average of 13.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $137 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 Union PWS

Union PWS supplies Union: about 63% of residents live in its service area. Franklin County Pwsd 3 serves another 29%. Franklin County Pwsd 1 serves another 6%. About 8% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 12,348 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.

Lead, 90th percentile2.5 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 2.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 75% 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. MO6010801.

Internet

9 home internet providers serve Union

99% of 4,414 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 53% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber95%1,000/1,000
Gateway FiberFiber55%2,000/2,000
AT&TFixed wireless, DSL54%100/20
Wave Internet TechnologiesFixed wireless100%100/100
WisperFixed wireless95%400/30
BlueBit NetworksFixed wireless60%10/1

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Union is Monday

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Union, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown’s haulerWaste Connections picks up at the curb for every homeunionmissouri.gov
Trash dayMondayEvery week
Pickup calendar

This month

  • TrashEvery week
  • Bulky itemsEvery other week
Holiday weeks

When a holiday falls on a weekday, pickup slides one day later for the rest of that week.

What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Cardboard (no waxed)
  • Brown paper bags
  • Magazines
  • Catalogs
  • Telephone books
  • Computer, notebook & gift wrap paper
  • Cereal, cake, food, soda & beer boxes
  • Junk mail
  • Steel cans & tins
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsEvery other week
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pageunionmissouri.gov →

From unionmissouri.gov, cms4files.revize.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated Copyright © 2024 City of Union, Revised 08/2026, September 09, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Union kids go to
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Union MiddleUnion R-XI School District
9–12Union HighUnion R-XI School District

Union is in Union R-XI School District.

B−School gradeSee 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 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Union is in ZIP code 63084

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of UnionZIP’s residents in Union
63084Union, MO100%63%
Area code636Wikidata

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 Union

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

Union PWS (EPA ID MO6010801). 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 2.5 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Union?

Union Electric (Union Electric Co - (MO)), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Union?

Spectrum, Gateway Fiber, AT&T, Wave Internet Technologies, Wisper, BlueBit Networks (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Union?

63084. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Union in?

Union R-XI School District.

How do I register to vote in Union?

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 Franklin. 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: Union’s own website (unionmissouri.gov, cms4files.revize.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.