title: Lake Viking, Missouri
text: # Lake Viking, Missouri
  
  Lake Viking is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Daviess County, Missouri, United States. The population was 486 at the 2020 census.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The Lake Viking CDP is located southwest of the center of Daviess County, around a reservoir named Lake Viking, an impoundment on South Big Creek, a tributary of the Grand River. The CDP extends southwest as far as the village of Altamont. The community is 3 miles (5 km) east of Interstate 35 and 68 miles (109 km) northeast of Kansas City.
  
  According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 8.8 square miles (22.7 $km^2),$ of which 7.9 square miles (20.4 $km^2)$ is land and 0.87 square miles (2.26 $km^2),$ or 9.97%, is water.
  
  