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Welcome to Shallow Water ...Shallow Water is located in Scott County<1>. The location of Shallow Water has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Shallow Water, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913. Shallow Water is 2,940 feet [896 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Shallow Water is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Shallow Water lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Shallow Water (for example, toward Tribune), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). Shallow Water is located in the (620) area code. Communities near Shallow Water ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Shallow Water.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Shallow Water. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Shallow Water. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Shallow Water. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shallow Water. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Shallow Water. See our Newspapers Page for Shallow Water. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shallow Water ...Looking for more information about Shallow Water? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Shallow Water, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Shallow Water. Adding Shallow Water to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Shallow Water in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Shallow Water was on a map titled Map of Kansas (from Rand McNally, 1911). We also found Shallow Water in the book titled .<5> From that list, the Shallow Water post office opened in 1913. For more details, see References and Mentions for Shallow Water. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Shallow Water. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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