Welcome to Antioch ...So far, we found very little information about Antioch. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Antioch to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Antioch, please Contact Us. Antioch was located in the Piney Woods (East Texas). Antioch would have been located within present day Houston County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Antioch, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891. While the community is gone, the present day location for Antioch is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Antioch was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Antioch was located: 936 Communities Also Named Antioch ...While we believe that this Antioch is located in Houston County, we know of another 10 Texas communities named Antioch. Those communities are located in the following counties: Brown, Cass, Delta, Henderson, Johnson, Madison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby and Smith County. Beyond Texas, there are 95 communities that are also named Antioch - they are located in Alabama (7), Arkansas (6), California, Florida, Georgia (9), Illinois, Indiana (4), Kansas (2), Kentucky (5), Louisiana (3), Mississippi (7), Missouri (2), Nebraska, North Carolina (6), Ohio (2), Oklahoma (2), Ontario, South Carolina (6), Tennessee (13), Virginia (3) and West Virginia (3). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Antioch. Communities near Antioch ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Antioch.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Antioch. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Antioch. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Antioch. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Antioch. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Antioch. See our Newspapers Page for Antioch. Adding Antioch to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Antioch in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Antioch was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Antioch. Footnotes ...
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