Lupus, Missouri

About Lupus

Lupus, MO is a tiny community located in central Missouri, home to 31 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Lupus holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 0.18 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 172 residents per square mile.

📰 Lupus News Today

• Karen Jean Stauffer Obituary Feb 7, 2026 Heckart Funeral Home & Cremation Services · Feb 7
• Rugby: Brave Lupus target League One "three-peat" in Mo'unga's last season Japan Wire by Kyodo News · Dec 12
• Mo’unga’s three-peat bid ends in defeat to Marx and Foley’s Kubota rugbyjp.com · May 24
• Richie Mo'unga's Brave Lupus snap EIGHT-game losing run as prop scores 40-metre wonder try Planet Rugby · Apr 6
• PHOTOS: Flooding continues to inundate central Missouri towns columbiamissourian.com · Jun 5

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Lupus Unique

• The only place in America named Lupus — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.18 sq mi.
• With 31 residents, it's one of America's smallest incorporated communities — everybody really does know everybody.

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 6 miles.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Boathenge · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Lupus

• Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Lupus Park reviews ★
• Plowboy Bend Conservation Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Providence Access · Nature reserve reviews ★

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

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Lupus

🏘️ Nearby Communities