Antioch, Alabama | |
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 Welcome sign for Antioch Baptist Church | |
  Antioch, Alabama  Antioch, Alabama | |
| Coordinates:32°56′41″N86°59′55″W / 32.94472°N 86.99861°W /32.94472; -86.99861 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Bibb |
| Elevation | 538 ft (164 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area codes | 205, 659 |
| GNIS feature ID | 162935[1] |
Antioch is an unincorporated community inBibb County,Alabama, United States, located west of Randolph along Bibb County Road 20.
The community is home to several churches, including Antioch Baptist Church, the community's namesake, which formed in 1833.[2] The church was once the largest church in Bibb County and was damaged by arsonists in 2006.[3]
Though the community was not officially constituted until 1833,[4]Antioch's notoriety comes from being the county seat of Bibb from 1818 until 1830.[5]
Remnants of the Woolley School remain on County Road 20. Formerly a one-room schoolhouse with J.C. Hicks as Schoolmaster, the Woolley School is now an abandoned structure that has been vacant for at least 30 years.[6]
Antioch appears on the Randolph U.S. Geological Survey Map.[7]
According to the returns from 1850[8]-2010[9] for Alabama, it has never reported a population figure separately on the U.S. Census.[10]
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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