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Shallow Water, Kansas

Coordinates: 38°22′25″N 100°54′47″W / 38.37361°N 100.91306°W / 38.37361; -100.91306
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Shallow Water, Kansas
KDOT map of Scott County (legend)
Shallow Water is located in Kansas
Shallow Water
Shallow Water
Shallow Water is located in the United States
Shallow Water
Shallow Water
Coordinates: 38°22′25″N 100°54′47″W / 38.37361°N 100.91306°W / 38.37361; -100.91306[1]
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyScott
Elevation2,950 ft (900 m)
Population
 • Total89
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code620
FIPS code20-64200
GNIS 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

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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

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note
202089
U.S. Decennial Census

Education

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shallow Water, Kansas
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  4. ^ "USD 466". USD 466. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  5. ^ "Tigers Trip Leoville", Garden City Telegram, 6 February 1967, p.3.
  6. ^ "Cross Country". KSHSAA. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  7. ^ A morte de Dom Heriberto Hermes (in Portuguese)

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