Nikep, MD

Nikep is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. The 2020 census counted 95 residents. Nikep is located in the Georges Creek Valley of western Allegany County, along the old route of Maryland Route 36. The name Nikep was given to the first post office established in the community, because Pekin was already in use at another post office. A newcomer can read Nikep through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Nikep comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines.