Antioch is a

ghost town A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...

in Houston County,

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, United States. Situated on

Farm to Market Road 230 Farm to Market Road 230 (FM 230) is a farm to market road in Houston, Walker, and Trinity Counties in Texas. Route description FM 230 begins at an intersection with FM 1280 in Lovelady, one block from that route's intersection with SH ...

, it was established in the late 1880s, and a post office opened there from 1890, closing at an unknown date. At its peak in 1896, the population was 30, and was abandoned by the 1990s.

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Populated places in Houston County, Texas Ghost towns in East Texas {{HoustonCountyTX-geo-stub