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 doctors and 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 Pickaway 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 Pickaway County: Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Hocking, Madison & Ross.
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:
- Pickaway 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.
- Grange Hall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Pherson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Darbyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Matville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Williamsport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fox
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Orient
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Commercial Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Holland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Bloomfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Ashville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Circleville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Duvall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- South Charleston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- South Vienna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cortsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cortsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortsville
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Sabina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Memphis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Lees Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Cedar Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Stoutsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lithopolis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Amanda
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Carroll
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Pickerington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Lancaster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Cook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Bloomingburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Yatesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Washington Court House
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Washington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Hagler
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Jeffersonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Milledgeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Octa
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Harrisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ridpath ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ridpath is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridpath
- Darbydale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Darbydale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbydale
- Pleasant Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Corners
- Borrors Corners ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Borrors Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borrors Corners
- Grove City Country Club
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Zuber ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Zuber is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuber
- Grove City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lockbourne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Darby Park ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Darby Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby Park
- Galloway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Urbancrest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Urbancrest is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbancrest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 994 people
- Sharp ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sharp is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Grape Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Bowersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Jamestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Greenfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- East Monroe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Leesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hocking County
- Laurelville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Mount Sterling
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Range
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Chrisman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Midway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Jefferson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- London
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gillivan
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- South Solon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Summerford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Choctaw Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Plumwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Clarksburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Yellowbud
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Austin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Frankfort
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Andersonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Roxabell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Roxabell is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxabell
- Kingston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Musselman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- Lattaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- North Fork Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
- South Salem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Riton ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Riton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riton
- Chillicothe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
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.
- Shilo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Curt Knisley Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Greenland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lewis Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Muhlenberg Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muhlenberg Twp. Cemetery
- The Muhlenberg Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Darbyville Cemetery
- Muhlenberg Cemetery
- McKinley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Yankeetown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hinton Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Arthur Dunlap Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Florence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (498 more) ...
- Gulick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alkire Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bostwick - Loofbourrow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Five Points had a population of 73 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Pherson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Darbyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Pancoastburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pancoastburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancoastburg
- Mount Sterling
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Derby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Derby is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Cook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Atlanta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Atlanta is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
- Williamsport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Matville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Manara
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Manara is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manara
- Woodlyn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlyn is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlyn
- Madison Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Madison Mills is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- New Holland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kinderhook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kinderhook is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Fox
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
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 30 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 websites either 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 Pickaway County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Clinton County
- Fairfield County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Highland County
- Hocking County
- Madison County
- Ross 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> | 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' (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'. |