census-designated place
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Kansas
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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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Demographics
Education
Shallow Water is a part of
USD
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466 Scott County.
Shallow Water schools were closed through school unification. The Shallow Water High School mascot was Shallow Water Tigers. The Shallow Water Tigers won the Kansas State High School Boys class B Cross Country championship in 1960 and 1961.
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Heriberto Hermes
Heriberto Hermes (25 May 1933 – 3 January 2018) was an American-born Roman Catholic bishop.
Hermes was ordained a priest in 1960 and consecrated a bishop in 1990. He served as bishop of Cristalândia until retirement in 2009. Hermes was born in ...
(1932-2018), Roman Catholic bishop, was born in Shallow Water; he served as bishop of the
Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia
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Brazil
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