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Do you know of Antelope ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Antelope. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Antelope.

We found mention of Antelope as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Bonneville County, Idaho.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1914 and closed  in 1925.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Antelope ...

We found 23 communities that share the name Antelope.

There is one other community in Idaho which is also named Antelope.

Beyond Idaho, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, 21 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Idaho ...
    • Butte County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Antelope [Butte County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Lassen County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Antelope [Lassen County].
      • Sacramento County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Antelope [Sacramento County].
    • Colorado
      • Logan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Antelope [Logan County].
    • Kansas
      • Gove County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Antelope [Gove County].
      • Marion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Antelope [Marion County].
    • Montana
      • Sheridan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Antelope [Sheridan County].
    • Nevada
      • Eureka County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Antelope [Eureka County].
      • Humboldt County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Antelope [Humboldt County].
      • Nye County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Antelope [Nye County].
    • New Mexico
      • Hidalgo County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Antelope [Hidalgo County].
      • Lea County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Antelope [Lea County].
      • Valencia County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Antelope [Valencia County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Antelope.
    • North Dakota
      • Stark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Antelope [Stark County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Logan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Antelope [Logan County].
    • Oregon
      • Wasco County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Antelope [Wasco County].
    • Saskatchewan
      • Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Antelope.
    • South Dakota
      • Todd County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Antelope [Todd County].
    • Texas
      • Hutchinson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Antelope [Hutchinson County].
      • Jack County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Antelope [Jack County].
    • Utah
      • Duchesne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Antelope [Duchesne County].
    • Wyoming
      • Uinta County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Antelope [Uinta County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Antelope ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Antelope:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

The FIPS database contains an entry for Antelope.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 16/02620   (Place Name: Antelope)

County: Bonneville     (FIPS State/County: 16/019)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Antelope) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Bonneville County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Bonneville County.

BachLincoln Junction
  
Eagle RockNew Sweden
  
HackmanSaint Leon
HillviewSkyline
  
IndianTaylor
  

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Antelope could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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