Clearwater, Kansas

**Clearwater** is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. In 2020, 2,653 people lived there.

## History

**Clearwater** was created in 1870. It was platted as a city in 1872. It was named Clearwater because of the local river named Ninnescah, which translates to "clear water" in English.  The first post office in Clearwater was created in 1871. The name of the post office called **Clear Water** until 1894.  The Chisholm Trail went along the east side of the city from 1867 to 1871.

## Geography

Clearwater is southwest of Wichita, Kansas at  (37.505646, -97.501516). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.

### 2020 census

The 2020 census said that there were 2,653 people, 934 households, and 689 families living in Clearwater. Of the households, 70.3% owned their home and 29.7% rented their home.

The median age was 35.8 years. Of the people, 90.9% were White, 0.8% were Native American, 0.3% were Asian, 0.2% were Black, 0.6% were from some other race, and 7.2% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.7% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census said that there were 2,481 people, 908 households, and 660 families living in Clearwater.

## Education

Clearwater has the Clearwater USD 264 public school district.

## Famous people

- Raymond Goertz, roboticist
- Cara Gorges, 2007 Miss Kansas USA
- Pamela Horton, _Playboy_ Playmate of the Month for October 2012.
- Logan Mize, Country Artist

## Other websites

- City
- City of Clearwater
- Clearwater - Directory of Public Officials
- Schools
- USD 264, local school district
- USD 264 School District Boundary Map , KDOT
- Historical
- Clearwater Historical Society
- Maps
- Clearwater City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Clearwater, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City
- **image map**: Sedgwick_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Clearwater_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Sedgwick Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick County (:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png, legend)
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Kansas
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Kansas, County
- **subdivision name2**: Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1870
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established date1**: 1872
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1885
- **named for**: Water
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 1.94
- **area land sq mi**: 1.94
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **area total km2**: 5.02
- **area land km2**: 5.02
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 1286
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 2653
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Central Time Zone, CST
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 67026
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 620, 620
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 20-13925
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 474315