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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 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 Wilcox 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 Wilcox County: Ben Hill, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Telfair & Turner.

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:

  • Wilcox 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.
    • Pineview
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Seville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Pitts
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Rochelle
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Abbeville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Owensboro
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Owensboro is located in Wilcox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensboro
  • Ben Hill County
    • Abba
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Abba is located in Ben Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abba
  • Bleckley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
    • Cochran
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Royal
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Royal is located in Bleckley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,571 people
  • Crisp County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
    • Lamb Town
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Lamb Town is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Town
    • McKenzie
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • McKenzie is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKenzie
    • Cordele
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Arabi
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Milldale ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Milldale is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milldale
      • Estimated population in 2019: 18,704 people
  • Dodge County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
    • Rhine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Empire
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Empire is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
    • Eastman
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Yonkers
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Yonkers is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonkers
    • Chauncey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Plainfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Dooly County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
    • Pinehurst
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Vienna
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Unadilla
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Lilly
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Byromville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Dooling
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Dooling is located in Dooly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooling
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
  • Houston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
    • Elko
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Clinchfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Perry
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Perry is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,845 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perry <1>
    • Kathleen
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Woodard Estates
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Woodard Estates is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodard Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,352 people
  • Irwin County
    • Arp
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Arp is located in Irwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
  • Lee County
    • Chokee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Chokee is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chokee
  • Macon County
    • Montezuma
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pulaski County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
    • Finleyson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Finleyson is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finleyson
    • Hawkinsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
    • Danville ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Danville is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 212 people
    • Cobb
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • De Soto
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Leslie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Turner County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
    • Rebecca
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Ashburn
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Sycamore
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Worth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
    • Warwick
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cuffietown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Cuffietown is located in Worth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuffietown
      • Estimated population in 2019: 186 people

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.

  • Cook Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Friendship Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Rock Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Pope City Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Joiner Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pineview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Air Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mars Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (248 more) ...
    • Christian Hope Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Union Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Dennard Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)

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.

  • Tippettville
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Tippettville is located in Dooly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tippettville
  • Seville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Pitts
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Findlay
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Findlay is located in Dooly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findlay
  • Richwood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Richwood is located in Dooly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
  • Rochelle
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Pinehurst
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Vienna
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Cordele
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hawkinsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Unadilla
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Elko
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Abbeville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Grovania
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Grovania is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovania
    • Arabi
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)

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 49 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 29 miles [46.7 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 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:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' 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'.
<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.