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Submitted: 10/22/05 • Approved: 2/5/07 • Last Updated: 2/16/13 • R1277-G0-S3
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Antelope Springs Cemetery is located in the north-west one-fourth of the south-west one-fourth of Section 32, Township 32 north, Range 47 west of the 6th principle meridian. The GPS latitude and longitude reading 43 degrees, 37minutes, 06 seconds north; 102 degrees, 52 minutes, 14 seconds west.
From Chadron, Nebraska, go some 15 miles south on Highway 385, turn east on Antelope Road and then after 5 to 6 miles, south on Long Road about a half-mile.
The cemetery is some distance to the west through private land. Please request permission to visit the cemetery.
The cemetery has 43 graves that have been marked by monuments and was established in 1888 with the most recent burial in 1929.
The building in the picture is the Antelope Springs Church active from 1911 until the 1940s.
For additional information see “Antelope Springs: Church and Cemetery History” by Rosemarie Blundell, 1980.
Contributed on 10/22/05 by JimNebraska99
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