Lake Kickapoo (Red River Basin)
Lake Kickapoo is located about ten miles northwest of Archer City in Archer County, Texas on the North Fork of the Little Wichita River, a tributary of the Red River. The lake is named after the Kickapoo tribe native to the area and for a local stream that flows into the reservoir called Kickapoo Creek4. The City of Wichita Falls owns and operates this reservoir for water supply purpose. Permitted by the State Board of Water Engineers on September 16, 1944, construction of the dam began in January 1945 and was completed on December 15, 1945. Deliberate impoundment began on February 1, 1946.
4 - Data source: Texas State Historical Association on Lake Kickapoo