Editing Lake Lotawana, Missouri (section)

==Geography==
Lake Lotawana is located at {{Coord|38|55|36|N|94|15|12|W|type:city}} (38.926627, −94.253201).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the City has a total area of {{convert|11.29|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|10.31|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.98|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2012-07-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archivedate=2012-07-02 }}</ref>

According to the Lake Lotawana website<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lakelotawana.org/about-lotawana.html|title=About Lake Lotawana|date=2018-12-16|website=City of Lake Lotawana|access-date=}}</ref> the lake has 600 acres of surface water and 27 miles of shoreline.

The City originally had approximately 2.3 square miles of area. Two annexations in 2001 and 2004, respectively, expanded the City's boundary south beyond U.S. Highway 50. This included the 2200 acre Barber property, and the Foxberry and Oak Haven subdivisions. The City presently encompasses roughly 11.3 square miles.