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 new splash pad, 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 Southwest Elementary storm shelter, 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!
HEADS UP! We were just informed that the Railroad is closing the crossing at Moss, near Southwest Elementary, starting *MONDAY (December 8) at 8am through the end of the week to make emergency repairs. Please plan accordingly for school pick up and travel through the area. Please share too!
(*this post originally said December 5-11, but the railroad postponed the closure until Monday.)
The Lawson Park Board has kicked off their 2026 sponsorship campaign! We are celebrating all that makes Lawson awesome! #lawsonisawesome
Happy Work Anniversary to Tosha Jackson who has been the chaos coordinator (Marketing & Events) for the City for 6 years! We appreciate all you do for the city and the Lawson Park Board! #togetherwecan
Heads up Lawson 🥶 Redgate Disposal has informed us that they are a day late due to the weather. ❄️ They will pick up trash in Lawson Wednesday this week. Regular day (Tuesday) next week. Have a great rest of your day and stay warm. ⛄️
Check out the amazing schedule of events for the Lawson Park Board's Christmas in the Park event coming up on Saturday, December 6! #TogetherWeCan
Happy Thanksgiving, Lawson! We hope you have a safe and wonderful holiday weekend!
Lawson City Hall will be closed Thursday and Friday so our staff can spend time with their families. We will resume normal business hours on Monday, December 1 at 8:30am. #TogetherWeCan #ThankfulSeason