Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Five Points (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Five Points. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Five Points ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Five Points: Five Pts.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Five Points. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Five Points.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Five Points is located in Blount County.
To see how the shape of Alabama's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Blount County: Cullman, Etowah, Jefferson, Marshall, Saint Clair, Walker & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near Five Points. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Five Points:
- Blount County (The home county of Five Points)
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Cleveland
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rosa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rosa is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 324 people
- Royal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Royal is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Blountsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nectar
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Nectar is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectar
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Huldah ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Huldah is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huldah
- Mountain Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Grove is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Oneonta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gum Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gum Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Fridays Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fridays Crossing is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fridays Crossing
- Deavers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Deavers is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavers
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Holly Pond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Baileytown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Baileytown is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Garden City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Garden City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Hanceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- White City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- White City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Berlin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Baileyton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- East Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Point is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- Fairview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Simcoe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Simcoe is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
- Black Bottom
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Black Bottom is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bottom
- Damascus
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Damascus is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- DeKalb County
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Altoona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Nix ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Nix is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Walnut Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
- Clear Springs ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Clear Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Gallant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gallant is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallant
- Aurora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Aurora is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Howelton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Howelton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howelton
- Benson ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Benson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Egypt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Egypt is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Greer ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Greer is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
- Ivalee
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ivalee is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivalee
- Carlisle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Carlisle is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Masseyline
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Masseyline is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyline
- Trafford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Village Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Village Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Springs
- Ayres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ayres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres
- Palmerdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Palmerdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerdale
- Bradford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Clay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Crosston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crosston is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosston
- Kimberly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Majestic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Majestic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic
- Pinson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Morris
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Morris is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,182 people
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Big Spring ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Douglas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Douglas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
- Bowen ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bowen is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Hyatt
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hyatt is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
- Askea Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Askea Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askea Grove
- Horton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Arab
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Whitesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whitesville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Hog Jaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hog Jaw is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Jaw
- Pine Lake Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pine Lake Village is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake Village
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Hulaco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hulaco is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
- Ryan Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ryan Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Crossroads
- Eva
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Florette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Florette is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florette
- Lacon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lacon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacon
- Briscoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Springville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Whitney Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
- Saint Clair Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clair Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Springs
- Steele
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ashville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Argo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Argo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,278 people
- Branchville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Margaret
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Turnbough Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Turnbough Town is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbough Town
- Odenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Acmar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Acmar is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acmar
- Parsons
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Parsons is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Creel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Creel is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creel
- Empire
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Empire is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Five Points, see our County-by-County Page for Five Points.
Cemeteries Near Five Points ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Five Points.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Five Points - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Five Points covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Mt. Joy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Blackwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Blackwood - Cornelius Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fowler Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Daileys Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Graves Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Greens Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chitwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Blountsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the north of Oneonta.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23519 <3>
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (399 more) ...
- Tidwell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oakhill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Five Points in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Five Points.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Cleveland
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Joy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Joy is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Blountsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Royal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Royal is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Oneonta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Huldah ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Huldah is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huldah
- Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Gum Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gum Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Tappan ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tappan is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Little Warrior
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Little Warrior is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Warrior
- Chepultepec
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chepultepec is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chepultepec
- Champion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Champion is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Clarence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Bird ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bird is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Wynnville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Five Points. See our List of 1890's Communities around Five Points.
Newspapers Published in Five Points ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Five Points.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Five Points, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Five Points.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Five Points:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Blount County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cullman County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Jefferson County
- Marshall County
- Morgan County
- Saint Clair County
- Walker County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Five Points) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Five Points, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |