Pikesville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.

After World War II, the Jewish community moved outside of Baltimore City into Pikesville, a sleepy outpost on a major road that led to Western Maryland.

During the Vietnam War, and exacerbated by riots in 1968, many Jewish businesses left northwestern Baltimore following this exodus.

“Pike[s]ville Branch” of Indian Creek is the only remaining physical landmark of historical Pikesville, in Kentucky, along with a colorful story of an almost forgotten past.

[12][13] The Baltimore Metro Subway runs through Pikesville, with two stops in the area, both named for the roads on which they are located: Milford Mill and Old Court.

Maryland Transit Administration bus routes serving Pikesville include nos.

Vernon Lee Evans was a key figure in the battle against lethal injection in Maryland and other states.

Prior to Maryland's outlawing of capital punishment in 2013, he and Anthony Grandison were on death row for the murders of two clerks at the Warren House Motel (currently a Howard Johnson) in Pikesville in 1983.

[18] Ziad Jarrah, a suspected terrorist involved in the 9/11 attacks, was pulled over two days earlier for speeding in Pikesville.

[19] On April 25th, 2024, Dazhon Darien, the Athletic Director at Pikesville High School, was arrested on terms of falsifying an audio recording of the Principal making racist and antisemitic remarks using artificial intelligence.