Local Wiki
Lafayette County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 7, 2026- County Commission meets
- Wednesday mornings at 8:30 a.m.
- Meeting location
- Lafayette County Courthouse, 1001 Main Street, Lexington, MO 64067.
- County Clerk
- Jessica White · 1001 Main, Room 103, Lexington, MO 64067 · (660) 259-4315 (FAX (660) 259-6109)
- Agendas posted at
- https://www.lafayettecountymo.gov
- County Commission
- Standard 3-member County Commission. Presiding Commissioner: Harold Hoflander. Southern Commissioner: Michael Brown. Northern Commissioner: Monica Ritter.
Other Known Local Governments Here
These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.
Cities (15)
- Alma
- Bates City
- Blackburn
- Concordia
- Corder
- Emma
- Higginsville (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Lake Lafayette
- Lexington (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Mayview
- Napoleon
- Oak Grove (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Odessa (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Waverly
- Wellington
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026
Towns (1)
- Dover
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024
Villages (1)
- Aullville
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024
School districts (6)
- Concordia R-II
- Lafayette Co. C-1
- Lexington R-V
- Odessa R-VII
- Santa Fe R-X
- Wellington-Napoleon R-IX
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only