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.
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 Champaign County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Champaign County: Clark, Logan, Madison, Miami, Shelby & Union.
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:
- Champaign 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.
- Mechanicsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Woodstock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Mutual
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- North Lewisburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mingo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Powhattan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Kingscreek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Urbana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Westville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Millerstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Saint Paris
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Carysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Catawba
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Catawba is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- New Moorefield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- South Vienna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Northridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Northridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Villa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Oakwood Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Village
- Greenlawn Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Tremont City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lisbon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lisbon is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Eagle City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Kenwood Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Ostrander
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hills Grove ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hills Grove is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Grove
- Shawnee Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Edinburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Edinburg has also been known as:
- Fairview
- Gabriel Corners ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gabriel Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabriel Corners
- Lybrand ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lybrand is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lybrand
- Mill Creek ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Cutlers Corners ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cutlers Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutlers Corners
- Rathbone ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rathbone is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathbone
- Scioto Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Scioto Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scioto Village
- Brindle Corner ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brindle Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindle Corner
- Loveless Corners ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Loveless Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveless Corners
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Yatesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Jeffersonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Lamb Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lamb Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Corners
- Amlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Amlin is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amlin
- Lake Darby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Darby is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Darby
- Hilliard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sandy Corners ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sandy Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Corners
- Dublin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mudsock ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mudsock is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudsock
- Alton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Darby Park ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Darby Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby Park
- Galloway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Rome
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Rome is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rome
- Deems ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Deems is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deems
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Clifton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grape Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Yellow Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Ridgeway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Mount Victory
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Middleburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- West Liberty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Hi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Zanesfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Mansfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Iron City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Bellefontaine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marl City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- De Graff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rushsylvania
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Logansville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Quincy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Chuckery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Plumwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Choctaw Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Summerford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Gillivan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Plain City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Amity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- London
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jefferson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Chrisman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Marion County
- Prospect
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Lena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Conover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Alcony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Fletcher
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Pickaway County
- Orient
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Milford Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Marysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- New California
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Raymond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- New Dover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Jerome
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Summersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Pharisburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Magnetic Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Richwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
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.
- Britton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hazel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hazel Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Mechanicsburg.
- Sodom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Treacles Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Guy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fair View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair View Cemetery
- The Fair View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grace Cemetery
- Mutual Cemetery
- Hopewell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Phellis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Connor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Corbet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (478 more) ...
- Jenkins Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sharon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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.<4>
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.
- Mechanicsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Irwin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Irwin is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Brush Lake ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brush Lake is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Lake
- Rosedale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rosedale is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Fountain Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fountain Park is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Park
- Mutual
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Woodstock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Cable
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cable is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Milford Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Catawba
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Catawba is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Resaca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Resaca is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca
- Mingo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- North Lewisburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hagenbaugh ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hagenbaugh is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagenbaugh
- Kennard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kennard is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
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 147 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 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. 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 turn to 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 Ohio
- Pages specific to Champaign County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Delaware County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Hardin County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Miami County
- Pickaway County
- Union County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions 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'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |