Antioch, Bibb County, Alabama Explained

Official Name:Antioch, Alabama
Pushpin Map:Alabama#USA
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Alabama
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Bibb
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation M:164
Elevation Ft:538
Coordinates:32.9447°N -86.9986°W
Area Codes:205, 659
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:162935

Antioch is an unincorporated community in Bibb County, Alabama, United States, located west of Randolph along Bibb County Road 20. It is home to several churches, including Antioch Baptist Church, the community's namesake, which formed in 1833.[1]

Though the community was not officially constituted until 1833,[2] Antioch's notoriety comes from being the county seat of Bibb from 1818 until 1830.[3]

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.[4]

Antioch appears on the Randolph U.S. Geological Survey Map.[5]

Demographics

According to the returns from 1850[6] -2010[7] for Alabama, it has never reported a population figure separately on the U.S. Census.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ellison. Rhoda. Bibb County, Alabama: The First Hundred Years. 1984. University of Alabama Press. Tuscaloosa, AL. 41.
  2. Book: Ellison. Rhoda. Bibb County, Alabama: The First Hundred Years. 1984. University of Alabama Press. Tuscaloosa, AL. 83.
  3. Web site: Daniels. Margie. Bibb County, AL History. usgennet.org. The Heart of Dixie. 22 June 2015.
  4. Book: Ellison. Rhoda. Bibb County, Alabama: The First Hundred Years. 1984. University of Alabama Press. Tuscaloosa, AL. 80.
  5. Web site: Antioch Populated Place Profile. AL Hometown Locator. HTL. 22 June 2015.
  6. http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1850c-11.pdf, 1850 Census (places)
  7. http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-1-2.pdf, 2010 AL Census
  8. Web site: US Census Bureau Publications - Census of Population and Housing.