Shallow Water is a census-designated place (CDP) in Scott County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 89.
History Its post office was established January 13, 1913, and closed October 31, 1957. Shallow Water is the northern terminus of the Garden City Western Railway.
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Education The community is served by Scott County USD 466 public school district.. - Text list
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.
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.
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