Duenweg (/dʌnəˈweɪɡ/ dun-ə-WAYG) is a city in Jasper County, Missouri, United States.

[6] While the Osage tribe inhabited the general region previously, European-American settlement started in the year 1855, when two brothers, Elijah C. and James C. Webb, from Overton County, Tennessee, moved to the area.

[7] Mining in the vicinity later caught the attention of Otto Duenweg and his father, Louis, of Terre Haute, Indiana, who in 1895 purchased significant mining interests at the site.

The Southwest Missouri Electric Railway Company, forerunner of the Southwest Missouri Railroad Company, which had already linked Joplin, Webb City, Carterville and Prosperity by 1894, was extended south from Prosperity into Duenweg in 1903.

[7] When they missed the car by one minute, they attempted and failed to escape on foot.

[7] In 2002 the city expanded by annexation to include additional lands to the north and south.

[7] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.04 square miles (5.28 km2), all land.

27.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

26.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.