Antioch, Tennessee

Antioch is a neighborhood in southeastern Davidson County, Tennessee, that is governed by the Nashville metropolitan government. The area is assigned to postal zip code 37013.

History

The community takes its name from Antioch, Turkey, an ancient city in Anatolia. As recently as the 1960s Antioch was a small community catering to the needs of area farmers with amenities such as a feed mill. Adjacent to Bakertown (a similar small community) it was located on the banks of Mill Creek, a minor tributary of the Cumberland River that rises near Nolensville, several miles to the southeast.

In the 1970s, Antioch experienced explosive growth, largely due to the expansion of the Nashville sewer system to the area and the availability of large amounts of former farmland, which made possible the construction of many low-rise apartment complexes,^[1]

Economy

The most important business concentration in Antioch is Global Mall at the Crossings, formerly Hickory Hollow Mall, which opened in 1978. As Hickory Hollow Mall, it was a regional shopping mall with a gross leasing area of 1,107,476 sq ft (102,887.9 m²), more than 140 stores, and 5,795 parking spaces.^[2] Anchor stores included Sears, and Macy's. As of late 2008, the mall had seen an increase in store closures, including larger stores such as Dillard's and Linens 'n Things.^[2] A Walmart Supercenter and many new strip malls have also opened in the area. Large-scale home builders such as Beazer and Centex Homes have constructed many new subdivisions. As of February 2013, Target left the Antioch area. Recently there has been a fierce resurgence of growth. CHS is building a call center to have 2000 jobs on part of a 300-acre tract developed by Oldacre, McDonald LLC. The southeast library had moved to Antioch adjacent to the mall, along with the Ford ice center. The ice center features two skating rinks and sports the predators and skating school sponsored by Nashville celebrity gold medalist skater. A state of the art community center shares the same building as the library which was formerly the Dillard's section on the old mall. Most recently the DMV located a full service driver license testing station in Antioch. Metro greenway projects run along mill Creek and massive Park space had been purchased by metro parks near Cane Ridge High School.

Starwood Amphitheatre, Nashville's former primary outdoor music venue, was located in Antioch. The amphitheatre was closed prior to the 2007 season, and has since been demolished.

Antioch is the site of the denominational headquarters of the National Association of Free Will Baptists.^[3]

References

External links

• Antioch, Tennessee at DMOZ

Municipalities and communities of Davidson County, Tennessee, United States
County seat: Nashville
Cities	Belle Meade Berry Hill Forest Hills Goodlettsville‡ Nashville (balance) Oak Hill Ridgetop‡
Neighborhoods	Antioch Bakers Bellevue Donelson East Nashville Green Hills Hermitage Hopewell Inglewood Joelton Lakewood Lockeland Springs Madison Old Hickory Pasquo The Gulch Tusculum Whites Creek
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties