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The Arapahoe handbook

Living in Arapahoe, NE: what to set up and who to call

Arapahoe runs its own electric utility, City of Arapahoe. The nearest emergency room is Tri Valley Health System, 16.3 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Arapahoe, 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 Arapahoe.

Electricity

Power comes from City of Arapahoe

City of Arapahoe (City of Arapahoe - (NE)), a municipal utility, serves all of Arapahoe.

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 City of Arapahoe water system

The City of Arapahoe water system supplies almost all of Arapahoe. It draws ground water and serves 1,026 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 percentile4.2 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 4.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 90% 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. NE3106506.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Arapahoe

99% of 507 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 24% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
ATC CommunicationsFixed wireless, DSL, Fiber100%1,000/1,000
VerizonFixed wireless92%300/20
AT&TFixed wireless5%25/3
Viaero WirelessFixed wireless3%100/5

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Arapahoe’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Arapahoe.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Arapahoe kids go to
PK–6Arapahoe Elementary SchoolArapahoe Public Schools
7–12Arapahoe High SchoolArapahoe Public Schools

Arapahoe is in Arapahoe Public Schools.

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 Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Arapahoe is in ZIP code 68922

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of ArapahoeZIP’s residents in Arapahoe
68922Arapahoe, NE100%78%
Area code308Wikidata

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 Arapahoe

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

The City of Arapahoe water system (EPA ID NE3106506). 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 4.2 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Arapahoe?

City of Arapahoe (City of Arapahoe - (NE)), a municipal utility.

What internet providers serve Arapahoe?

ATC Communications, Verizon, AT&T, Viaero Wireless (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Arapahoe?

68922. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Arapahoe in?

Arapahoe Public Schools.

How do I register to vote in Arapahoe?

In Nebraska you can register online until 18 days before Election Day, in person until 11 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 18 days before). Elections here are run by the Furnas County Clerk. Check your registration at votercheck.necvr.ne.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 Sep 30, 2026 (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.