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Antelope (Or.)

LC control no.n 82084446
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingAntelope (Or.)
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Geographic subdivision usageOregon--Antelope
Variant(s)City of Antelope (Or.)
See alsoRajneesh (Or.)
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Special noteThis place resumed its earlier name; city's name changed from Antelope to Rajneesh, then resumed name Antelope in 1985.
Found inRajaneesh, A. Philosophia perennis ; v. 1 (ser. x-ref.) Rajaneesh, A. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh speaking ... 1981: t.p. verso (Antelope, Or.)
Rand McNally, 1979 (Antelope, Wasco, Or.)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 44°54ʹ38ʺN 120°43ʹ22ʺW)
GNIS, June 8, 2012 (Antelope; populated place, Wasco County, Oregon; variant name: Rajneesh)
City of Antelope website, viewed Dec. 3, 2015 (Antelope; City of Antelope; established in 1863 by Howard Maupin; Antelope was originally about 1.5 miles northeast of the present town and moved when The Dalles-Canyon City Road was re-routed; the town was renamed Rajneesh after Mohan Chandra Rajneesh; on Nov. 6, 1985, the town residents voted to rename the town Antelope; the Post Office Department had never changed the name from Antelope)
Geographic area coden-us-or