Nanticoke Maryland Map

About Nanticoke, Maryland

Nanticoke is a locality in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 434. The population density is 58.2 people per km². Nanticoke is located at 38.2723°N, 75.9055°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21840.

Nanticoke lies low and wide, a place where the land seems to exhale into the surrounding waterways. It lies 17.7 miles west-south-west of Salisbury, MD (from Salisbury, MD: bearing 250°T), and is situated 4.9 miles west-north-west of Mount Vernon. The terrain here is a gentle, yielding flatness, carved by the slow, deliberate meander of creeks and tidal marshes that bleed into the larger Nanticoke River. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out under a sky that often holds a pearly, diffused light, especially in the late afternoons when the air grows thick with the scent of damp earth and ripening crops. The occasional cluster of older homes, their paint faded by sun and salt spray, huddles together as if for warmth, their porches offering quiet observation posts over the languid flow of life. The history of Nanticoke is deeply entwined with the bounty and the challenges of its watery landscape. For generations, the river was the highway, bringing goods and people, and sustaining a livelihood through fishing and oystering. The economy still carries echoes of that past, though modern agriculture now dominates the fields that were once more wild. You can still see the weathered planks of forgotten wharves, skeletal reminders of a more bustling era, and hear the distant hum of machinery from farms that now work the rich alluvial soil. The character of Nanticoke is that of quiet persistence, a place that has learned to bend with the seasons and the tides, holding its stories close like a well-worn coat.

About This Nanticoke Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Nanticoke, Maryland — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 38.272344, -75.905488. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Nanticoke and Wicomico County.

Detailed location data for Nanticoke includes the ZIP code (21840), telephone area code (410, 443), county seat of Wicomico County (Salisbury), and school district assignment (Wicomico County Public Schools). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Nanticoke is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.