The Post Office opened on 22 February 1875 as Karkarooc and was renamed Rupanyup in 1876. The town used to be in the Shire of Dunmunkle but was allocated to the Shire of Yarriambiack when Victoria's municipalities were re-organized in the 1990s. The
Bolangum railway line included a station at Rupanyup from 1887 in Gibson Street, until the line closed in 1983. The town has art in the
Silo Art Trail which also includes Sheep Hills, Brim, Rosebury, Lascelles and Patchewollock. ==Sport==