About Our City

Antioch is near the hub of the wheel of California commerce, nearly equidistant from San Francisco and Sacramento. South and west are the high-tech centers of Silicon Valley. To the east are the agricultural communities of the Central Valley. Antioch's population is about 90,000 and growing daily. The city is located 15 feet above sea level on the southern bank of the San Joaquin River where it joins the Sacramento River

History

Antioch, in the County of Contra Costa, was named on July 4,1851 in honor of the Biblical city in Syria. It was here in California that on August 8, l950 the Antioch Council No. 3265 was instituted.