Antelope

History

Named for the nearby creek, Antelope began as a tiny community along the Great Northern Railway's Bainville to Scobey branch line in 1910. That year, John and Richard Grayson built a hardware store next to the Antelope Creek Lutheran Church. A post office, bank, lumberyard, and saloon soon followed. The town was incorporated in 1913. The community thrived during its first decade, adding general mercantiles, a butcher shop, a concrete plant, restaurants, and other businesses to serve the region's growing homesteader population. Over the years, however, better roads to the south siphoned off business, and the “Biggest Little City in Eastern Montana” sank into decline. In 1967 a U.S. Navy gunboat was named the "Antelope". To mark the occasion crew members came to the town of Antelope and some of the town's citizens went to Tacoma, Washington.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land.

Most-observed species

• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  391
• Yellow Warbler

  Setophaga petechia (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  322
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  308
• Common Grackle

  Quiscalus quiscula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  293
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  275
• Ring-necked Pheasant

  Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  273
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  219
• Purple Martin

  Progne subis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  185

Largest nearby schools

• Plentywood School
  Elementary · Plentywood · 207 students · 13.8:1 ratio
• Plentywood High School
  High · Plentywood · 114 students · 12.7:1 ratio
• Plentywood 7-8
  Middle · Plentywood · 50 students · 12.5:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.8 — 2019-11-12
  32 km NNW of Flaxville, Montana
• M 3.8 — 2014-02-25
  23 km N of Brockton, Montana