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 hospitals and doctors 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 Hoke County.
To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hoke County: Cumberland, Moore, Richmond, Robeson & Scotland.
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:
- Hoke 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.
- Timberland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Timberland is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberland
- Ashley Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ashley Heights is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Heights
- Bowmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bowmore is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmore
- Raeford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Silver City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Silver City is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Gold Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Dundarrach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dundarrach is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundarrach
- Rockfish
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rockfish is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Timberlake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Timberlake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Fort Bragg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bonnie Doone
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hope Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kingsford
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kingsford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsford
- Manchester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Spring Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ardulusa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ardulusa is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardulusa
- Highland Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Highland Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Shaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Shaw is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Shaw has also been known as:
- Shaw Heights
- Holly Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Holly Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Harnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Johnsonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsonville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Overhills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Overhills is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overhills
- Spout Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Spout Springs is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Springs
- Pineview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pineview is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineview
- Murchisontown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Murchisontown is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murchisontown
- Olivia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Lakes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Barbecue
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Barbecue is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbecue
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- White Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- White Hill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hill
- Quail Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Quail Ridge is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Lemon Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lemon Springs is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Springs
- Swann
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Swann is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swann
- Parkwood Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Parkwood Estates is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood Estates
- Saint Andrews
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Saint Andrews is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Tramway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Tramway is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tramway
- Montgomery County
- Candor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Aberdeen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Springs is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Pinebluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Southern Pines
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pinehurst
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Taylortown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Taylortown is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylortown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 880 people
- Lakeview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lakeview is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Whispering Pines
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Foxfire
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Foxfire is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,061 people
- Vass
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- West End
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Hoffman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hoffman is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 571 people
- Marston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Marston is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marston
- Steen Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Steen Town is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steen Town
- Dobbins Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dobbins Heights is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Ghio Scholl Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ghio Scholl Station is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ghio Scholl Station
- Hamlet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Ellerbe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Norman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Norman is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- East Rockingham
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Rockingham is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rockingham
- Rockingham
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Honey Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Honey Town is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Town
- Robeson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Red Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shannon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shannon is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Lumber Bridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lumber Bridge is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Maxton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Alma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Alma is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Prospect
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Prospect is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Philadelphus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Philadelphus is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphus
- Rex
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rex is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex
- Parkton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rennert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rennert is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rennert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Red Banks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Red Banks is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Banks
- Pates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pates is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pates
- Scotland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Crump Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Crump Town is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump Town
- New Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Wagram
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Richmond Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond Mill is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mill
- East Laurinburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- East Laurinburg is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Laurinburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
- Laurel Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Laurinburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Gibson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hasty
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hasty is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
- Marlboro County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- McColl
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newtonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newtonville is located in Marlboro County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonville
- Tatum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bluff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Red Bluff is located in Marlboro County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
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.
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Blue Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- McMillan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Love Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McNeill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- McNeill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gilchrist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Purcell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wrights Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Highland Biblical Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (199 more) ...
- Watson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Davis Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<2>
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.
- Aberdeen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pinebluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hoffman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hoffman is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 571 people
- Manly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Manly is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manly
- Southern Pines
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Floral College
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Floral College is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral College
- Wakulla
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wakulla is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakulla
- Red Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shannon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shannon is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Lumber Bridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lumber Bridge is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Maxton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West End
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Alma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Alma is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Philadelphus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Philadelphus is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphus
- Jackson Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Springs is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Springs
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 38 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 19 miles [30.6 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 start with 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 North Carolina
- Pages specific to Hoke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cumberland County
- Harnett County
- Lee County
- Montgomery County
- Moore County
- Richmond County
- Robeson County
- Scotland County
- Marlboro County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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'. |