Antioch, GA

Antioch is an unincorporated census-designated place in southwestern Harris County, Georgia, on State Route 219. It sits about 17 miles north of Columbus and 26 miles south of LaGrange, with the road giving the community a clear position between two larger west-central Georgia cities. The 2020 census counted 613 residents, and the place covers a little under seven square miles, including a small amount of water.

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Antioch Cemetery is recorded near the community, giving the name a physical foothold in the surrounding countryside. The local landscape is made up of county roads, wooded stretches, and the broader Columbus–Harris County region; there is no separate municipal government or dense downtown to organize the place around. Area schools and services belong to the surrounding county systems, while State Route 219 carries the through traffic. Antioch is a small Georgia CDP with a precise highway location, a cemetery tied to the name, and a community still defined by county roads between Columbus and LaGrange.