Northern Missouri
Worth County Community Lake is a small public-water anchor
Worth County Community Lake gives Missouri's smallest county a public fishing place tied to Indian Creek, the West Fork Grand River, and decades of local lake use.
Worth County Community Lake is a small place, but it gives the county a real public-water anchor. MDC lists the area south of Oxford, with fishing for crappie, bass, bluegill, and catfish.
The backstory is better than a dot on a fishing map. The 2015 area plan places the lake in the southwest corner of Worth County, in the headwaters of Indian Creek, a small tributary to the West Fork Grand River. The dam was built in 1957, fish were stocked that same year, and the lake opened to fishing in May 1959.
Later access work made the lake easier to use. The plan notes a concrete boat ramp added in 1984 and six fishing jetties added in the early 1990s.
Worth is not only the smallest-county courthouse story. A modest public fishing lake sits in the same headwater country that feeds the Grand River system.
Where to see it
- Worth County Community Lake
Use MDC for directions, area rules, maps, and current fishing details.
References
More from Worth County: browse every local note for the county.
Last checked against the sources above: July 16, 2026.