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 Knox County.
To see how the shape of Indiana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Knox County: Crawford (IL), Lawrence (IL), Wabash (IL), Davies's, Gibson, Greene, Pike & Sullivan.
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:
- Knox 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.
- Monroe City
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Willis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Wheatland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Verne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Fritchton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Ragsdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Bruceville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Vincennes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bicknell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Decker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Decker is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Edwardsport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Beal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Beal is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal
- Busseron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Sandy Hook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Graham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Capehart
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Glendale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Montgomery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Plainville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Cannelburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Alfordsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Elnora
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Odon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Portersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Ireland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Haysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Jasper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zoar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zoar is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Holland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Huntingburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Giro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Hazleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dongola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Oakland City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Francisco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Patoka
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Douglas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Princeton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Somerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mackey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Buckskin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Fort Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Owensville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Newberry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Island City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- White Rose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- White Rose is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Lyons
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Linton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Loogootee
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Burns City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Windom
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Lacy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Shoals
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Petersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Alford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Algiers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Highbank Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Glezen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Oatsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Otwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Whiteoak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Winslow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland City Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- White Sulphur Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Velpen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Carlisle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Paxton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Gambill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- New Lebanon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Lynnville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wheatonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wheatonville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatonville
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Heathsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Oil Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Flat Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Villas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Villas is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Duncanville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Palestine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Billett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Saint Francisville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Russellville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrenceville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Birds
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeport
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Petersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Helena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Helena is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Sumner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wabash County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Allendale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Adams Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Adams Corner is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Patton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Patton is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Orio
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Orio is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orio
- Mount Carmel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lancaster is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
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.
- McCoy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Meyer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Freeland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wheatland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wheatland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Wheatland.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #450941 <2>
- Fritchton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Slow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Root Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hartley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Salem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (357 more) ...
- Johnson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Frederick Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Catt Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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.
- Monroe City
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Pond Creek Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pond Creek Mills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek Mills
- Wheatland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Thomas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Thomas is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Maysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Maysville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Iona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Iona is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iona
- Bowman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bowman is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman
- Sandy Hook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Petersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Rogers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Jordan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Purcell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Purcell is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Bruceville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Vincennes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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 51 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 25 miles [40.2 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 like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Indiana
- Pages specific to Knox County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Greene County
- Martin County
- Pike County
- Sullivan County
- Warrick County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Wabash County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Five Points) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |