Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Urbana

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
The Urbana handbook

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

Power in Urbana comes from Southwest Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. For an emergency, Citizens Memorial Hospital is the closest ER, 20.4 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Urbana, 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 Urbana.

Electricity

Power comes from Southwest Electric Coop

Southwest Electric Coop (Southwest Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Urbana. Its homes paid an average of 12.3¢ 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 Urbana PWS

Urbana PWS supplies almost all of Urbana. It draws ground water and serves 409 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.4 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.6 ppb. That’s higher than 65% 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. MO5010807.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Urbana

98% of 216 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
BrightspeedDSL78%80/10
WisperFixed wireless97%400/30
VerizonFixed wireless82%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless70%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Urbana’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Urbana.

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

Urbana kids go to
PK–4Skyline Elem.Hickory County R-I School District
5–8Skyline MiddleHickory County R-I School District
9–12Skyline HighHickory County R-I School District

Urbana is in Hickory County R-I 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 Sep 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Urbana is in ZIP code 65767

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of UrbanaZIP’s residents in Urbana
65767Urbana, MO100%20%
Area code417Wikidata

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 Urbana

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

Urbana PWS (EPA ID MO5010807). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.4 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Urbana?

Southwest Electric Coop (Southwest Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 12.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Urbana?

Brightspeed, Wisper, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Urbana?

65767. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Urbana in?

Hickory County R-I School District.

How do I register to vote in Urbana?

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 Dallas. 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.