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Welcome to Antelope ...

So far, we found very little information about Antelope. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Antelope to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Antelope, please Contact Us.

Antelope would have been located within present day Butte County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Antelope, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Antelope is 6,290 feet [1,917 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Antelope is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Antelope was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Antelope was located: 208 & 986<4>

Communities Also Named Antelope ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Idaho communities named Antelope: This one is located in Butte County and the other is located in Bonneville County.

Beyond Idaho, there are 23 communities that are also named Antelope - they are located in California (2), Colorado, Kansas (2), Montana, Nevada (3), New Mexico (3), Newfoundland and Labrador, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Texas (2), Utah and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Antelope.

Communities near Antelope ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Antelope.

  • Arco
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Mackay
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Moore
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Lost River
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Lost River is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost River
  • Alder City ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Alder City is located in Custer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder City
  • Butte City
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Butte City is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
  • Carey
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Triumph
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Triumph is located in Blaine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triumph

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Antelope. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Antelope.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Antelope. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Antelope.

Adding Antelope to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Antelope in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Antelope was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Antelope post office opened in 1882. The Antelope post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Antelope.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Antelope, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Butte, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Antelope - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Antelope area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Antelope area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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