Antioch Colony is an unincorporated community in Hays County, Texas, on Old Black Colony Road between Farm roads 967 and 1626, northwest of Buda.[1]
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 Antioch Colony Historical Marker | |
  Antioch Colony Location within the state of Texas  Antioch Colony Antioch Colony (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 30°5′8″N 97°51′1″W / 30.08556°N 97.85028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Hays |
| Area | |
• Total | .77 sq mi (2.0 km2) |
| Population (2009)Estimated | |
• Total | 25 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 78610 |
History
editAntioch Colony was founded by former slaves in 1870.[2] About a dozen families purchased land from Joseph F. Rowley and established a farming community, raising cows and horses, and planting corn, sugarcane and cotton.[3] In 1874, Elias and Clarisa Bunton donated land for a school and a two-story schoolhouse was built.[4] The school was in use until 1961, when the Buda schools were desegregated.
Antioch Colony was an active farm community through the 1950s when residents moved to cities for work. In the 1970s former residents began to return re-establishing the community.[5]
In 1997 the Antioch Community Church was built on the site of the original schoolhouse, and in 2011 a community effort led to the placement of a historical marker also at this location.
References
edit- ^ "Antioch Colony, TX (Hays County)". Handbook of Texas Online, Laurie E. Jasinski. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
- ^ "Story of Antioch Colony in Buda, founded by freed slaves, told on state marker". Statesman.com, Patrick George. Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
- ^ "Antioch Colony". Community Impact Newspaper. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
- ^ "Antioch Colony School". Texas Beyond History. University of Texas, Department of Anthropology. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
- ^ "Antioch Colony". Texas Historical Markers. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
External links
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Media related to Antioch Colony, Texas at Wikimedia Commons- The Antioch Colony
- Artifacts, descendants tell story of freed slaves in Texas
- Antioch Colony
- Ransom and Sarah Williams Farmstead
- Antioch Colony Archaeological Field School
- Antioch Colony, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online
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