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Antioch Information
Antioch is a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee, located in the southern part of
Davidson County. It is not autonomous, and is governed by the Nashville-Davidson
metropolitan government. The approximate population is 60,320.
The presence of large quantities of affordable housing led to an influx of young
families with children, greatly overtaxing the area's schools, which have been
overcrowded for decades and remain so, despite an extensive construction program
and the development of some private schools, largely church-affiliated. Large
numbers of recent immigrants have also come to Antioch in the last two decades,
attracted initially by the affordable housing and also by the presence of
immigrant communities. Immigrants are predominantly from Southeast Asia and
Latin America, but many are from other places.
The most important business concentration in Antioch is Hickory Hollow Mall,
which opened in 1978 and has been renovated and expanded on several occasions
since. It is a typical suburban shopping mall with large "anchor" stores such as
Sears, Macy*s, and Dilliards and of course many more smaller interior shops. A
Walmart Supercenter, and many new shopping strip malls have also opened in the
area attracting large-scale home builders such as Beazer and Centex Homes to
open large, new subdivisions.
Starwood Amphitheatre, Nashville's primary outdoor music venue, is located a few
miles south of Antioch on the Rutherford County line.