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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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 York County.
To see how the shape of Maine's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of York County: Cumberland, Oxford, Carroll (NH), Rockingham (NH) & Strafford (NH).
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:
- York 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.
- Biddeford
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Saco
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Airport Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Airport Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
- Kinney Shores
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kinney Shores is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney Shores
- Ocean Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old Orchard Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Adams Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Adams Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Biddeford Pool
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dayton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arundel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Days Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Days Mill is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Mill
- Cape Porpoise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cape Porpoise is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape Porpoise
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Grand Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Beach is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Beach
- West Scarborough
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Scarborough
- Prouts Neck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Danish Village ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Danish Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danish Village
- Scarborough
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Scarborough
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- North Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scarborough
- Lone Creek Village ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Creek Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Creek Village
- Gorham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cash Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cash Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Corner
- Cape Elizabeth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasantdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasantdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Stroudwater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stroudwater is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudwater
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Durgintown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Durgintown is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgintown
- Kezar Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kezar Falls is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kezar Falls
- Carroll County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Woodman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Woodman is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- East Wakefield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wakefield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- South Effingham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brookfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Brookfield is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Strafford County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Rollinsford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- East Rochester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Somersworth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Somersworth is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somersworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,286 people
- Former names for Somersworth:
- Great Falls
- Summersworth
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Somersworth <1>
- Milton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Milton is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,614 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <1>
- North Rochester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- North Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
- Dover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dover is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32,443 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <1>
- Pickering
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pickering is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Rochester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Place
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Place is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
- Farmington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Middleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Middleton is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 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.
- Greenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Josephs Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Biddeford.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90506 <2>
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Russell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Scarboro Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Arundel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mitchell - Hatch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Home Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (237 more) ...
- South Buston Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Buston Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Buston Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bar Mills.
- The South Buston Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tory Hill Cemetery
- Tory Hill Meeting House Yard Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1980911 <2>
- Black Point Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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.
- Biddeford
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Saco
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Camp Ellis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Camp Ellis is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Ellis
- Ferry Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ferry Beach is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Beach
- Bay View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bay View is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View
- Old Orchard Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Goodwins Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Goodwins Mills is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Mills
- Arundel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Biddeford Pool
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Kennebunk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Kennebunk is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Kennebunk
- Kennebunk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cape Porpoise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cape Porpoise is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape Porpoise
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pine Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Point is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point
- West Scarborough
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Scarborough
- Kennebunkport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kennebunkport is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennebunkport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,672 people
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 263 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 16 miles [25.7 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 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 Maine
- Pages specific to York County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cumberland County
- Oxford County
- Carroll County
- Strafford County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maine
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 'point-to-point' 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'. |