Lupus, MO

united states

Lupus is a tiny Missouri River community of 40 people in Moniteau County, about 15 miles southeast of Jefferson City via Highway 50. Visitors from Columbia take Highway 63 south to Highway 50 west, roughly 25 miles through rolling farmland. Columbia Regional Airport sits 30 miles northeast. The hamlet's unusual name comes from Latin for "wolf," chosen in the 1880s when postal authorities rejected the original name Lick Creek.