City of Laurie, Missouri

P O Box 1515

Laurie, Mo. 65038

Phone 573-374-4871

Fax 573-374-5093

LAURIE, MISSOURI  is embraced by beautiful country, rich with history and community and treasured for its summertime recreation. It was here that the Osage tribe of Native Americans once made their home, and today's amateur archaeologist discovers that the Osage River and Gravois Creek can still surprise by giving up arrowheads and tomahawks. It was also here that during the Great Depression, Bagnell Dam was completed to generate electricity, creating the Lake of the Ozarks amidst gently rolling hills lush with trees and greenery that would later give way to a resort community.

Laurie is a fourth-class city located midway between the cities of Versailles to the north and Camdenton to the south. Incorporated in 1964 with a population of 106, the city has grown to 663 as of the 2000 census.

The city also serves as a hub of west side activity for many rural residents who reside out­side the city limits with numer­ous restaurants, banks, conve­nience stores, retail outlets and churches. Altogether, there are nearly 200 businesses and five planned subdivisions in the city.

Recreational activities in­clude two city parks total­ing more than 50 acres with a lighted ball field, soccer fields, pavilions, walking trail, playground, a five-screen cinema, 18-hole golf course, bowling alley and an indoor swimming pool.

Annually, the city sponsors a children's Easter egg hunt in the park, a regional barbecue cook-off competition in August, a three-day Hillbilly Fair in September and the En­chanted Village of Lights from Thanksgiving to New Year's Day with 120 lighted displays.

Other park events include the Haunted Hayride sponsored by the Lake West Cham­ber of Commerce and the car show sponsored by the Laurie-­Sunrise Beach Rotary Club.

The city is proud to provide city water and a state-of-the-art central sewer system as well as recently paved city maintained streets. With these substantial recent infrastruc­ture improvements, the city is poised and ready to welcome new residents and businesses alike.