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Welcome to Five Points Corner ...

Five Points Corner is located in Porter County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Five Points Corner: Five Pts. Cor. (or less commonly used: Five Pts. Crn.)

Five Points Corner is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Five Points Corner lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Five Points Corner (for example, toward Monon), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Five Points Corner: 219

Communities Also Named Five Points Corner ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Five Points Corner - it's located in Michigan.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Five Points Corner.

Communities near Five Points Corner ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Five Points Corner.

  • Portage
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Merrillville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Valparaiso
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Crown Point
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Hobart
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Chesterton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Lowell
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
    • Lowell is located in Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,137 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lowell <3>
  • Winfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
    • Winfield is located in Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,265 people
  • Westville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
    • Westville is located in LaPorte County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,854 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westville <3>
  • Porter
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Five Points Corner. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Five Points Corner.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Five Points Corner. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Five Points Corner.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Five Points Corner. See our Newspapers Page for Five Points Corner.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Five Points Corner ...

Looking for more information about Five Points Corner? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Five Points Corner, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Five Points Corner.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Porter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Five Points Corner - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.