Welcome to Lawson MO!
Lawson, Missouri is located just north of the Kansas City metro and with around 2500 residents, we are a desirable size town.
We don’t hide the fact that we’re small. Indeed, we embrace and celebrate it. We enjoy a community where family values, quality education and community pride create the ideal place to live, work and play.
And yet, we strive to develop strategies that allow us to achieve purposeful and deliberate growth. Around here, we dare to dream big, and then we roll up our sleeves and get to work making it happen. Just take a look around town at all of the improvements over the past decade – a brand new Splash Park, upgrades to our City Pool, improvements to our City Lake complex with the addition of the Lakeview Event Center and Lakeview Campground and RV Park, the new Barker Center on the high school campus, and many more projects that are coming down the pike.
While we have no intention of being the next big city, we won’t ever settle for less when it comes to improving the quality of life for our residents. We are proud to be a small town with big dreams!
Just a reminder that sidewalks are the responsibility of the property owner to clear of snow. We have received several complaints of sidewalks not being clear of snow and ice. Children walking to school have been walking in the streets and along the highway because the sidewalks are not clear. Please do your part to clear the snow from your sidewalks! We appreciate it!
In all of the craziness of the New Year and snowmageddon, we missed sending congratulations to our Lawson Police Department Chief Summa and Police Clerk Tara Watson for their work anniversaries! Chief has been with us 23 years and Tara has been with us for 9 years! We appreciate both of you!
HEADS UP! Lawson City Hall will be closed on Monday, January 6, 2025. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope that everyone stays in and stays warm!