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History · Antelope Township

Half of Antelope Township’s homes were built after 2011

Most of Antelope Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2011. Below: maps from 1895 on and the census since 1990.

0on the National Register
7%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Antelope Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Antelope Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18953 editions of the USGS map, 1895 to 1985. Watch Antelope Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Antelope Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Antelope Township on the map, 1895 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Antelope Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Antelope Township on the 1895 USGS mapAntelope Township on the 1956 USGS mapAntelope Township on the 1985 USGS map1895Byron sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Antelope Township.

The story so far

Antelope Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Antelope Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 58 to 53 (-9%).

Timeline

Antelope Township, 1883 to 1912

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe La Delle post office opens
  3. 1895On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1912Post officeThe La Delle post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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People over time

Antelope Township, census by census

020040060080020002020Peak: 867

Between 744 and 867 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Antelope Township’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, La Delle, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
LaDelle
Gone or out of use
LaDellelocale
1cemetery inside Antelope Township
Emmanuel Mennonite

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Harrison TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLake Byron Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCornwall TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnion Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.