Discovering Cities in California Series - Antioch

Welcome to Antioch, California
Located in Region 9.
The County is Contra Costa, California.
The city has a little over 100,000 residents living in 27.0 square miles of land, and in fact this city has 0.6 square miles of water area.
The city was incorporated in February 1872.
The city is located in Northern California.

Some Interesting facts about Antioch, California.
Antioch is one of California’s oldest towns we have. It was founded in 1850. This town tried to be an oil town but did not prove to be a profitable venture.

What you can do in and around Antioch, California.
Wow this city has a great water park here Antioch City Parks and keeping with the water theme here there is a marina noted as the gateway to the California Delta here Antioch Marina and this marina is located right in the downtown of Antioch 1 mile off Highway 4 and L Street. There is as well a very old settlers cemetery and the reason we mention it is it reminds us of the cemeteries from the western movies.

This city is a suburb of San Francisco, California so you can make a trip to this city as well you can get to the city of Antioch by Amtrak. We think seeing and inland marina that is really a part of our agriculture watering system the California Delta is worth a visit.

Official City of Antioch, California web sites.

City of Antioch City of Antioch, California

Antioch Chamber of Commerce Antioch, California Chamber of Commerce

AntiochWeather.com