Deepwater, Missouri

About Deepwater

Deepwater, MO is a tiny community located in western Missouri counting 384 people who proudly call it home.

Deepwater holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.85 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 452 residents per square mile.

📰 Deepwater News Today

• Mary Elizabeth Freeman Obituary (2026) - Deepwater, MO - Vansant-Mills Funeral Home - Clinton Legacy obituary · Aug 13
• Tribute for Clarence “Bill” Davis Jr. Langsford Funeral Home · Jan 19
• Lakeland (Deepwater, MO) High School Sports - Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Volleyball, and more MaxPreps · Jan 20
• UPDATES | Friday storms bring possible tornado damage, outages, flooding KSHB 41 Kansas City · Apr 17
• Richard Lellous Dills Obituary Oct 12, 2025 Speaks Chapels · Oct 12

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Deepwater Unique

• The only place in America named Deepwater — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in western Missouri, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Missouri — one of 1,082 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 8 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Deepwater

• Chapel View Prairie Conservation Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Truman Reservoir Management Lands (Deepwater Creek) · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Cooper Creek Public Use Area reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Deepwater

• LAKELAND ELEM.
• LAKELAND HIGH

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Deepwater

🏘️ Nearby Communities