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Welcome to Antelope ...

Antelope is located in Sheridan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Antelope, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1910.

Antelope is 2,040 feet [622 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Antelope lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Antelope (for example, toward Grenora (ND)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Antelope: 406

Communities Also Named Antelope ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Antelope - they are located in California (2), Colorado, Idaho (2), Kansas (2), 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 10 communities that are near Antelope.

  • Plentywood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plentywood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plentywood
    • Plentywood is located in Sheridan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,712 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plentywood <4>
  • Medicine Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medicine Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Lake
    • Medicine Lake is located in Sheridan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medicine Lake <4>
  • Outlook
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Reserve
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Dagmar
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Raymond
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Comertown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comertown
    • Comertown is located in Sheridan County
  • Westby
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Regway
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regway
  • Redstone
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)

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.

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Antelope. See our Newspapers Page for Antelope.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Antelope ...

Looking for more information about Antelope? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Antelope, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Antelope.

Adding Antelope to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Antelope in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Antelope was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Antelope post office opened in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Antelope.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Sheridan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Antelope - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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