where is antioch?
Antioch is a village in the Antioch Township of Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,788 at the 2000 census. Antioch is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. The Pottawatomi Indian Tribe, nomadic hunters who lived in tepees, inhabited Antioch when white men began to arrive. They fought with the British in the War of 1812 and then with the American settlers in the Blackhawk War of 1832.