Whitewater is a city in Butler County, Kansas, United States.

[5] For many millennia, the Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans.

In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre.

In 1855, Butler County was established within the Kansas Territory, which included the land for modern day Whitewater.

In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a branch line north–south from Herington through Whitewater to Caldwell.

Between 1885 and 1888, several buildings were moved to the present location on the Whitewater River after the Missouri Pacific railroad came through the area.

The city was established where the Missouri Pacific and Rock Island railroads intersected.

[8] The historic Oak Lawn Farm Dairy Barn was built near Whitewater in 1926.

In 1961, Frederic Remington High School was built immediately north of Brainerd.

Heated opposition between Whitewater and Potwin occurred during the discussion for the location of the new high school.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.40 square miles (1.04 km2), all of it land.

The Oklahoma Kansas Texas (OKT)[16] line of the Union Pacific Railroad runs through the north-west side of the city.