Shallow Water, Kansas

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Scott County, Kansas}}

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Shallow Water is a census-designated place (CDP) in Scott County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 89.{{cite web |title=Profile of Shallow Water, Kansas (CDP) in 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2064200 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124054252/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2064200 |archive-date=November 24, 2021 |url-status=live}}

History

Its post office was established January 13, 1913, and closed October 31, 1957.{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:SC |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate=10 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009134123/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:SC |archivedate=October 9, 2013 }} Shallow Water is the northern terminus of the Garden City Western Railway.

Demographics

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Education

The community is served by Scott County USD 466 public school district..{{cite map|author=Geography Division|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st20_ks/schooldistrict_maps/c20171_scott/DC20SD_C20171.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Scott County, KS|date=January 15, 2021|access-date=2025-05-31}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st20_ks/schooldistrict_maps/c20171_scott/DC20SD_C20171_SD2MS.txt Text list]{{cite web | title = USD 466 | publisher = USD 466 | url = http://www.usd466.com/ | accessdate = January 6, 2017}}

Shallow Water schools were closed through school unification. The Shallow Water High School mascot was Shallow Water Tigers."Tigers Trip Leoville", Garden City Telegram, 6 February 1967, p.3. The Shallow Water Tigers won the Kansas State High School Boys class B Cross Country championship in 1960 and 1961.{{cite web | title = Cross Country | publisher = KSHSAA | url = http://www.kshsaa.org/Public/CrossCountry/History.cfm | accessdate = 8 January 2017}}

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.[http://redentorista.com.br/a-morte-de-dom-heriberto-hermes/ A morte de Dom Heriberto Hermes (in Portuguese)]

References

External links

Scott County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/scott.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT

Category:Census-designated places in Scott County, Kansas