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Welcome to Five Points ...

So far, we found very little information about Five Points. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Five Points to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Five Points, please Contact Us.

Five Points would have been located within present day Cecil County<2>.

A typical abbreviation for Five Points: Five Pts.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Five Points is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Five Points was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Five Points was located: 410, 443 & 667<4>

Communities Also Named Five Points ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 144 communities that are also named Five Points - they are located in Alabama (16), California (6), Colorado, Connecticut (2), Delaware, Florida (3), Georgia (21), Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana (10), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Nebraska, New Brunswick (2), New Jersey (3), New Mexico, New York (4), North Carolina (11), Ohio (15), Pennsylvania (20), South Carolina (3), South Dakota, Tennessee (4), Texas (2), Utah, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin (3).

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

Websites for Five Points ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cecilchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Five Points, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Five Points ...

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

  • Aberdeen
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Elkton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Havre de Grace
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bel Air
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bel Air is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bel Air
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,266 people
    • Former names for Bel Air:
    • Belle Air
    • Belle Aire
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bel Air <5>
  • Oxford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Oxford is located in Chester County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,594 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <5>
  • New Freedom
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Perryville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • North East
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Strasburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Strasburg is located in Lancaster County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strasburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,015 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strasburg <5>
  • Rising Sun
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)

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. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Five Points.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Five Points. 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.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Cecil, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Five Points - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 410 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 443 or 667. New phone numbers in the Five Points area will be assigned with one of these codes: 410, 443 or 667. As a result, placing a call in the Five Points area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.