Antioch (California)

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Antioch
Antioch Location in California
Basic data
Foundation :	February 6, 1872
State :	United States
State :	California
County :	Contra Costa County
Coordinates :	38 ° 0 ′  N , 121 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 0 ′  N , 121 ° 48 ′  W
Time zone :	Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 )
Residents :	100,590 (as of: 2000)
Population density :	1,441.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	71.4 km 2  (approx. 28 mi 2 ) of which 69.8 km 2  (approx. 27 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	13 m
Postcodes :	94509, 94531
Area code :	+1 925
FIPS :	06-02252
GNIS ID :	1657936
Website :	www.ci.antioch.ca.us
Mayor :	Sean Wright

Antioch is a city in Contra Costa County in the US state of California , United States , with 100,923 inhabitants (as of 2004). The urban area has a size of 71.4 km².

In 1991, Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped here .

sons and daughters of the town

• Carmen Dragon (1914–1984), conductor, arranger and film composer
• Alex Pardee (* 1976), painter
• TJ Ward (born 1986), American football player
• Johnny Burke (1908–1964), pianist and songwriter
• Jerome R. Waldie (1925–2009), politician

Town twinning

• Chichibu , Japan
• Lázaro Cárdenas , Mexico