The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusNikep (originally known as Pekin) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 95. Nikep is located in the Georges Creek Valley of western Allegany County, along the old route of Maryland Route 36. Lonaconing is 1.6 miles (2.6 km) to the northeast, and Westernport is 6.6 miles (10.6 km) to the southwest. The name Nikep was given to the first post office established in the community, because Pekin was already in use at another post office (Pekin, Indiana).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 116 to 95 (-18%).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Nikep 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.
Start Nikep’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Nikep’s history is told.
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Nothing in Nikep is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Nikep has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Shaw Mansion in Barton, 0.9 miles away.
Nikep and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.