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Facts about the city

Antelope is a city in Wasco County, Oregon, United States. It was briefly named Rajneesh in the mid-1980s when followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh moved into the city from nearby Rajneeshpuram and voted for the name change. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 46.

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History

On November 6, 1985, the remaining residents, both original and Rajneeshee, voted 34 to 0 to restore the original name, which was never changed by the United States Postal Service Service. In the 1980s the town grew again when followers of Osho Shree Rajneesh, who had started the city of Rajneeshpuram on the nearby "Big Muddy Ranch", began to move in. On September 18, 1984, Antelope's charter was amended by a vote of 57 to 22 to change the name of the city to Rajneesh. Antelope post office was established in 1871, with Howard Maupin, founder of Maupin, Oregon, as the first postmaster. The population was 59 at the 2000 census.

The Antelope Valley was probably named by members of Joseph Sherar's party who were packing supplies to mines in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument Day area.

The official website for the city of Antelope is https://cityofantelope.us/.