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 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 Lamar County.
To see how the shape of Georgia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lamar County: Butts, Monroe, Pike, Spalding & Upson.
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:
- Lamar 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.
- Milner
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Liberty Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Aldora
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Aldora is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Barnesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Goggins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goggins is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goggins
- Goggins has also been known as:
- Goggans Station
- Goggans
- Goggansville
- Goggins Station
- Gogginsville
- Butts County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Jenkinsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Flovilla
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fincherville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fincherville is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincherville
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Lovejoy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bonanza
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bonanza is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Irondale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Irondale is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Jonesboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fox Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fox Run is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Clayton Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton Ridge is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Ridge
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,193 people
- Riverdale Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Riverdale Acres is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,594 people
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Haralson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Senoia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Jade Lake Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
- Turin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sharpsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Musella
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Knoxville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roberta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Brooks
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Woolsey Woods
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Woolsey Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 167 people
- Woolsey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Woolsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Inman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harp
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Harp is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
- Keyland Woods
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Keyland Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyland Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 332 people
- Foreston Place
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
- McIntosh Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- McIntosh Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Village
- Hamptons Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
- Blakely Woods
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blakely Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakely Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,571 people
- Fayetteville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Peachtree City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tinsley Mill Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tinsley Mill Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsley Mill Village
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Locust Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hampton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Blacksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Blacksville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- McDonough
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Manor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Manor is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Manor
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,156 people
- Tunis ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tunis is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Estimated population in 2019: 910 people
- Highland Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Highland Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Stockbridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Stockbridge North
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Stockbridge North is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge North
- Estimated population in 2019: 29,904 people
- Whitehouse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Whitehouse is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,792 people
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Gay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Carrolls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Edman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Woodbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Betts
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Rocky Mount
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Chalybeate Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Manchester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Harris City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Box Ankle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Forsyth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Culloden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Russellville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Russellville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Smarr
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Juliette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bolingbroke
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Meansville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Zebulon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Williamson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltop
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Concord
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Molena
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrences Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Spalding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Orchard Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Griffin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- East Griffin is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
- Griffin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Experiment
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Esmond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Esmond is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
- Sunny Side
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Prattsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Prattsburg is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburg
- Woodland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Carsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Carsonville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
- Five Points
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- The Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Delray
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Yatesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hannahs Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Thomaston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
- Barker Spring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Sunset Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Salem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Salem is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
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.
- Martin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wadsworth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Confederate Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- New Crawley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Reid Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ebenezer UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wadesworth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Carden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Blackman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Crawley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (470 more) ...
- Friendship Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- D F Greene Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Hope Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Baptist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Hope Baptist Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northeast of Zebulon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #35793 <3>
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.
- Weaver ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Weaver is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Zebulon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Meansville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goggins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goggins is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goggins
- Goggins has also been known as:
- Goggans Station
- Goggans
- Goggansville
- Goggins Station
- Gogginsville
- Griffin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rover is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rover
- Williamson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jolly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jolly is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
- The Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Experiment
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- High Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- High Falls is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Falls
- Towaliga ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Towaliga is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towaliga
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Beeks ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Beeks is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeks
- Delray
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Collier
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Collier is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collier
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 62 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]<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 visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Georgia
- Pages specific to Lamar County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butts County
- Clayton County
- Coweta County
- Crawford County
- Fayette County
- Henry County
- Meriwether County
- Monroe County
- Pike County
- Spalding County
- Talbot County
- Taylor County
- Upson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
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 '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'. |
| <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. |