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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Antelope (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Antelope. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

A Few Details for Antelope ...

While it's still very early in our research, we found that:

  • Antelope was established in 1871.
  • It was incorporated on January 29, 1901.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Antelope is located in Wasco County.

To see how the shape of Oregon's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wasco County: Clackamas, Gilliam, Hood River, Jefferson, Marion, Sherman, Wheeler & Klickitat (WA).

Below are the counties that are near Antelope. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Antelope:

  • Wasco County     (The home county of Antelope)
  • Gilliam County
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Antelope, with the one closest to Antelope listed first.
    • Donnybrook ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Donnybrook. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnybrook
      • Donnybrook is located in Jefferson County
      • Former names for Donnybrook:
      • Axehandle
      • Kilts
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Donnybrook
      • From Antelope to Donnybrook
    • Ashwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Horse Heaven ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mecca
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Madras
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madras have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madras
      • Madras is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,106 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madras <1>
    • Warm Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warm Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs
      • Warm Springs is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warm Springs <1>
  • Sherman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Antelope, with the one closest to Antelope listed first.
    • Kent
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Rosebush ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rosebush. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebush
      • Rosebush is located in Sherman County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rosebush
      • From Antelope to Rosebush
  • Wheeler County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Antelope, see our County-by-County Page for Antelope.

Cemeteries Near Antelope ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Antelope.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Antelope covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Antelope, with the one closest to Antelope listed first.

  • Antelope Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antelope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antelope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Antelope Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antelope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antelope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Maupin Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Clarno Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Tillotson Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tillotson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tillotson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Woods Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woods Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woods Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bakeoven Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bakeoven Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bakeoven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wilcox Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Criterion Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Criterion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Criterion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Daugherty Family Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Kent IOOF Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Hot Springs Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hot Springs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hot Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Buzan Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hay Creek Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hay Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hay Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Fossil IOOF Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fossil IOOF Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fossil IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Antelope had a population of 184 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Antelope had a population of 49 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Antelope, with the one closest to Antelope listed first.

  • Bakeoven
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bakeoven have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakeoven
    • Bakeoven is located in Wasco County
  • Kent
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Fossil
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Mayville
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Rutledge
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rutledge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
    • Rutledge is located in Sherman County
  • Wapinitia
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Antelope. See our List of 1890's Communities around Antelope.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Antelope ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Antelope.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Antelope. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Antelope and those printed in the larger area surrounding Antelope.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4> of Antelope.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Antelope:

The official website for Antelope: www.cityofantelope.us/

The official website for Wasco County: www.co.wasco.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Antelope) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Antelope. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9112, Longitude: -120.7229    
<5>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<6>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.




 

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