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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Madison 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 Madison County: Jackson, Limestone, Marshall, Morgan, Franklin (TN) & Lincoln (TN).
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:
- Madison 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.
- Madison Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Toney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elkwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Harvest
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hazel Green
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jeff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Meridianville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Key's Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Monrovia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Moore's Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
- Normal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rideout Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rideout Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout Village
- Chase
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chase is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Colbert County
- Garner ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Francisco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Hollytree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hollytree is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollytree
- Princeton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Princeton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Paint Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Beachboro ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Beachboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachboro
- Trenton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Estillfork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Estillfork is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estillfork
- Baileytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Baileytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Pleasant Groves
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Groves is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Woodville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Center Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Caro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Caro is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Ardmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Capshaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Fairmount
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Pettusville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Country Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Elkmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hay's Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Athens
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tanner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Lacey's Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Valhermoso Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Winton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Decatur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Moulton Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moulton Heights is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton Heights
- Priceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Simpson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Austinville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Austinville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Burningtree Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Russell Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Russell Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Village
- Franklin County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Huntland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Beans Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Lexie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Garner Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Giles County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Ardmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elkmont Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Dickson Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Wheelerton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Elkton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elkton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Prospect
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Frankewing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pisgah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Aymett Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Stella
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Stella is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Green Field
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Green Field is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
- Powell Chapel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Powell Chapel is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
- Lincoln County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Cash Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Camargo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Coldwater
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Park City Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
- Park City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Molino
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Howell Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Howell Hill is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Hill
- Pearl City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Dellrose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harms
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Clarks Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Corder Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Corder Crossroads is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corder Crossroads
- Marshall County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Delina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Delina is located in Marshall County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Talley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Talley is located in Marshall County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Moore County (TN)
- Lynchburg
(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.
- Freeman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Kincaid Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Carpenter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Madison Crossroads Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Newby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Turner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Murphy Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Briar Fork Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cole - Holloway Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Walls Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ready Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (1295 more) ...
- Bayless Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kincaid Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
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.<2>
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.
- Madison Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Gladstone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gladstone is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Jeff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Fisk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fisk is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Cluttsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cluttsville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluttsville
- Meridianville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Caro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Caro is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Monrovia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Blanche
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blanche is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Key's Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Cash Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Sand Spring ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sand Spring is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Spring
- Moore's Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
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 75 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 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. 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 either 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 Madison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Jackson County
- Limestone County
- Morgan County
- Franklin County
- Giles County
- Lincoln County
- Marshall County
- Moore 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Five Points) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |