Editing Antioch, Illinois (section)

==History==
=== Native American history ===
The [[Potawatomi|Pottawatomi Tribe]] historically inhabited in the area of present-day Antioch prior to European settlement.<ref name=historyhtml>[http://www.antioch.il.gov/history.html Village of Antioch - History] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050327112201/http://www.antioch.il.gov/history.html |date=March 27, 2005 }}</ref> The tribe was pushed to the west by European/American encroachment in the 1830s although remnants can still be found today.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carpender |first1=Jesse |title=Native American history alive in Lake County |url=https://www.shawlocal.com/2013/09/06/native-american-history-alive-in-lake-county/aa5ldth/ |access-date=March 2, 2021 |agency=[[Shaw Media]] |date=September 6, 2013}}</ref>

===European settlement===
The first permanent European settlements in the region were along the creek, named as "Sequoit" which means "winding".{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} Darius and Thomas Gage brothers built the first cabin. After building a sawmill by Hiram Buttrick on Sequoit Creek, a tributary of the [[Fox River (Illinois River tributary)|Fox River]], the region became a center of commerce.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hometown Historic: Hiram Buttrick Sawmill |url=https://www.connectionsmag.com/people-and-places/village-of-antioch/hometown-historic-hiram-buttrick-sawmill/ |website=connectionsmag.com |access-date=March 2, 2021 |date=April 10, 2020}}</ref> In 1843, new settlers gave a biblical name "Antioch" to the region and started a school. The town grew as new settlers, primarily of English and German descent, established farms and businesses.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.antioch.il.gov/government/history/ |website=antiochil.gov |date=May 19, 2017 |access-date=February 5, 2022}}</ref> In 1976, a replica of Buttrick's mill was built a few hundred feet downstream from where it once stood. Today, many local businesses and organizations as well as [[Antioch Community High School]] use the name "Sequoit".

Partly due to being a regional center of the [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionist]] movement, Antioch is noted as having sent a disproportionately high number of its young men to the [[Union Army]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} By the late 1800s, Antioch became a popular vacation spot for [[Chicago]]ans and tourism grew quickly once the rail line to Chicago was laid in 1886. Fire destroyed much of downtown in 1891, 1903, and 1904.<ref>{{cite web |title=Photo gallery: A history of Antioch |url=http://galleries.apps.chicagotribune.com/chi-photo-gallery-a-history-of-antioch-20131129/ |website=chicagotribune.com |publisher=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=March 2, 2021 |date=November 29, 2013}}</ref> During [[Prohibition]], [[Al Capone]] owned a summer home on nearby Bluff Lake.<ref name=historyhtml/> Following [[World War II]], Antioch continued to see a steady population and economic increase, and an [[industrial park]] was created in the 1970s.

Today, Antioch serves as a [[bedroom community]] within the [[Chicago metropolitan area|Chicago metropolitan]] and [[Milwaukee metropolitan area]].