Lake Underwood is situated in Preston Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It was formerly known as Seven Mile Pond, owing to the seven mile distance from the lake to the junction of the east and west branches of the Delaware River at Hancock, New York. Later on the name was changed to Lake Underwood, named in honor of the Underwood family who once owned the lake and much of its surrounding property.

The Lake Underwood Nimrod Club was chartered on December 1, 1890. The founders of the Club were mainly businessmen and professionals who resided in Wayne and Lackawanna Counties. They were sportsmen, and named the Club after a biblical figure. In the Bible and in legend, Nimrod, son of Cush, was a Mesopotamian monarch and “a mighty hunter before the Lord.” In the Nimrod Club Charter it states that the founding members “associated themselves together for the purpose of the preservation of game and fish, and for boating and skating.”

The sportsman’s traditon is still strong at Lake Underwood. The Nimrod Club maintains over 500 acres of property, jointly owned by the Club’s 50 members. The Club stocks 98 acre Lake Underwood with fish for its members’ enjoyment, and actively pursues a program of managing its woodlands and fields to provide an attractive environment for deer and other game.

The Lake Underwood Nimrod Club Clubhouse, built in 1890, is still used today for Club functions such as meetings and the annual Club picnic, held in August. The upstairs of the Clubhouse has bedrooms and a kitchen, and is available for rental by Club members and their guests. The Club maintains a small sandy beach adjacent to the Clubhouse for the members’ use.

There are several other buildings on the lake that date from the late 19th century and early 20th century. Among them are the picturesque houses that sit side by side in “Old Cottage Row,” on the northwest shore of the lake.