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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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 Cleburne 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 Cleburne County: Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Randolph, Talladega, Carroll (GA), Haralson (GA) & Polk (GA).
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:
- Cleburne 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.
- Abel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Hollis Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Heflin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Micaville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Edwardsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Ai
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Hightower
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Hopewell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Fruithurst
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Ranburne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Muscadine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Grantley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Choccolocco
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Choccolocco is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choccolocco
- Iron City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Iron City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- De Armanville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- De Armanville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Armanville
- Friendship
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Friendship is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Chinnabee ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chinnabee is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinnabee
- Oxford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Anniston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fort McClellan ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fort McClellan is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McClellan
- Oxanna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oxanna is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxanna
- Hobson City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hobson City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- White Plains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- White Plains is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Blue Mountain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Mountain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Spring Garden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Ball Flat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Delta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Haynes Crossroad
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Elder
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Barfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Lineville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Erin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Cragford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ashland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Harkins Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Mellow Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Chambers Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
- Millerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Cobb City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cobb City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb City
- Markton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Markton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
- Brannon Springs ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brannon Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brannon Springs
- Glencoe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Banner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Hokes Bluff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pilgrims Rest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pilgrims Rest is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Christiana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Christiana is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Milner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Milner is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Morrison Crossroad
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
- Newell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Ofelia
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Cambridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Rockdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Woodland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Graham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Graham is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Wedowee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Corbin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Sewell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Ragland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Kentuck
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Coldwater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Silver Run
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Grant Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Munford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- McElderry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Ironaton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- Waldo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Waldo is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Chandler Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chandler Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Springs
- Talladega
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Colony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Colony is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Carroll County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Bowdon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Jonesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jonesville is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Jake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jake is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Mount Zion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tyus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Haralson County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Tallapoosa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Budapest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Waco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Waco is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 532 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waco <1>
- Tabernacle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Heard County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Ephesus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Yates Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Polk County (GA)
- Esom Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
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.
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Davistown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Prospect Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Prospect Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Choccolocco
- New Harmony Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ragan Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greens Chapel Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Black Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (321 more) ...
- Oconee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pine Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hepsabah Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
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.
- Abel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Chulafinnee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chulafinnee is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulafinnee
- Belltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Belltown is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Choccolocco
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Choccolocco is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choccolocco
- Iron City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Iron City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- De Armanville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- De Armanville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Armanville
- Heflin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kentuck
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Delta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Anniston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Micaville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Oxanna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oxanna is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxanna
- White Plains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- White Plains is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Blue Mountain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Mountain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
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 72 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]<4>. 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 Cleburne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- Etowah County
- Randolph County
- Saint Clair County
- Talladega County
- Carroll County
- Haralson County
- Heard County
- Polk 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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'. |