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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence County: Colbert, Cullman, Franklin, Limestone, Morgan & 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:
- Lawrence 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.
- Oakville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oakville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Chalybeate Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Moulton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wren
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wren is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
- Mountain Home
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Home is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Hillsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Muck City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Muck City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muck City
- Courtland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hatton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hatton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- North Courtland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Courtland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Camp Spring ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Camp Spring is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Spring
- Concord
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Mount Hope
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mount Hope is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Colbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Garner ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Campbell Settlement ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Campbell Settlement is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Settlement
- Leighton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Ford City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ford City is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Nitrate City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nitrate City is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nitrate City
- Littleville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Littleville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Jones' Chapel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jones' Chapel is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones' Chapel
- Central
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Central is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- West Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Point is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Chances Crossroad
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Chances Crossroad is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chances Crossroad
- South Vinemont
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- South Vinemont is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vinemont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 636 people
- Vinemont
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Logan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Crane Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cullman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Point is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- Trimble
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trimble is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Simcoe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Simcoe is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
- Good Hope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Good Hope is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,393 people
- Franklin County
- Churntown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Churntown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churntown
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Dells Vista Shores
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dells Vista Shores is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dells Vista Shores
- Rogersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Former name for Rogersville:
- Rodgersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <1>
- Confluence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Estep ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Estep is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
- Belleview ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Belleview is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Cedar Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Elgin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elgin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Beach Grove ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beach Grove is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Grove
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Harris Station
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Orrville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orrville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrville
- Mooresville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ripley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ripley is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Belle Mina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Mina is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Mina
- Tanner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Westlake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Westlake is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Poplar Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Poplar Creek is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
- Swancott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Athens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Country Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Lentzville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lentzville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentzville
- Cairo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cairo is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Triana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Slaughter Landing ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Slaughter Landing is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Landing
- Slaughter Landing has also been known as:
- Slaughter Ferry
- Madison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Danville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Austinville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Austinville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Flint City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Flint City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint City
- Moulton Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moulton Heights is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton Heights
- Russell Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Russell Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Village
- Simpson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Cedar Plains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Plains is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Plains
- Hartselle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Decatur
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Decatur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
- Former names for Decatur:
- Albany
- New Decatur
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <1>
- Burningtree Mountain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Leesdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Leesdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesdale
- Falkville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Upshaw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Upshaw is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upshaw
- Grayson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grayson is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Ellaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ellaville is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellaville
- Addison
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Houston
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ashridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ashridge is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashridge
- Pebble
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pebble is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble
- Prebble ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Prebble is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prebble
- Double Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Arley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Slick Ford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Slick Ford is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Ford
- Littleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Littleville is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
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.
- Enon Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Watson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Red Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lindsey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Keys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stover Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dement Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Paff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gibson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Speake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kitchens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stephenson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (796 more) ...
- Cooper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Roberts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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.
- Oakville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oakville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Jesseton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jesseton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesseton
- Neel
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Neel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neel
- Moulton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mountain Home
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Home is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Massey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Massey is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Cedar Plains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Plains is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Plains
- Simpson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Hillsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hartselle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Decatur
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Decatur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
- Former names for Decatur:
- Albany
- New Decatur
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <1>
- Upshaw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Upshaw is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upshaw
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Clifty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Clifty is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Landersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Landersville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landersville
- Battleground
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Battleground is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battleground
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 36 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 20 miles [32.2 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 visit 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 Lawrence County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Cullman County
- Franklin County
- Lauderdale County
- Limestone County
- Madison County
- Morgan County
- Winston 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Five Points) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |