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Nanticoke’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Nanticoke. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Nanticoke is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 225 to 209 (-7%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Nanticoke yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Nanticoke, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Nanticoke is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Nanticoke has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Beaudley in Tyaskin, 2.8 miles away.

Nanticoke and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Nanticoke. Tap a dot.
BeaudleyYellow Brick HouseLong HillWhitehaven Historic DistrictWhitehaven HotelSt. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church

Closest to Nanticoke

BeaudleyTyaskin · Building2.8miYellow Brick HouseTyaskin · Building3.6miLong HillTyaskin · Building5miWhitehaven Historic DistrictWhitehaven · District5.2miWhitehaven HotelWhitehaven · Building5.3mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Beaudley’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Nanticoke?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Nanticoke’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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