Shallow Water, Kansas

Unincorporated community in Scott County, Kansas

CDP in Kansas, United States

38°22′25″N 100°54′47″W / 38.37361°N 100.91306°W / 38.37361; -100.91306^[1]CountryUnited StatesStateKansasCountyScottElevation

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2,950 ft (900 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total89Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code620FIPS code20-64200GNIS ID471510^[1]

Shallow Water is a census-designated place (CDP) in Scott County, Kansas, United States.^[1] As of the 2020 census, the population was 89.^[2]

History

Its post office was established January 13, 1913, and closed October 31, 1957.^[3] Shallow Water is the northern terminus of the Garden City Western Railway.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	89		—
U.S. Decennial Census

Education

Shallow Water is a part of USD 466 Scott County.^[4]

Shallow Water schools were closed through school unification. The Shallow Water High School mascot was Shallow Water Tigers.^[5] The Shallow Water Tigers won the Kansas State High School Boys class B Cross Country championship in 1960 and 1961.^[6]

Notable people

Heriberto Hermes (1932-2018), Roman Catholic bishop, was born in Shallow Water; he served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia, Brazil from 1990 to 2009.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shallow Water, Kansas
^ ^a ^b "Profile of Shallow Water, Kansas (CDP) in 2020". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on November 24, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
^ "USD 466". USD 466. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
^ "Tigers Trip Leoville", Garden City Telegram, 6 February 1967, p.3.
^ "Cross Country". KSHSAA. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
^ A morte de Dom Heriberto Hermes (in Portuguese)