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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 Clearfield County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clearfield County: Cameron, Centre, Clinton, Elk, Indiana & Jefferson.
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:
- Clearfield 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.
- Thompsontown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thompsontown is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsontown
- New Washington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Newburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Newburg is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Mayes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mayes is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayes
- Westover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- McPherron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Sylvis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Irvona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bower
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bower is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
- Cherry Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cherry Corner is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Corner
- Mahaffey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burnside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Blain City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Barnards
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Atwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Dayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Highland Fling
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Bellwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tipton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tyrone
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Altoona
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Grazierville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Tyrone Forge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Eldorado
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Canan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Cross Keys
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Culp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Duncansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Frankstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Frankstown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankstown
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Hastings
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Thomas Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Thomas Mills is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mills
- Flinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barnesboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- Garmantown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Garmantown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
- Northern Cambria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Northern Cambria is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northern Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,456 people
- West Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Patton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Benedict
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Benedict is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
- Fallentimber
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spangler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spangler is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Carrolltown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Elmora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Elmora is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- New Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Sandy Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Glass City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- Philipsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- South Philipsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- South Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Philipsburg
- North Philipsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- North Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Philipsburg
- Casanova
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Casanova is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casanova
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Birmingham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Pennington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Huntingdon Furnace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Urey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Glen Campbell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hooverhurst
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hooverhurst is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverhurst
- Cherry Tree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Uniontown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Hillsdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Johnsonburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Alverda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Cookport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Grisemore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Purchase Line
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Purchase Line is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase Line
- Pine Flats
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
- Commodore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Winslow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Albion
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Punxsutawney
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sykesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Valier
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Wishaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wishaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishaw
- Panic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Prescottville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prescottville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescottville
- Oliveburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Reynoldsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pancoast
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pancoast is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancoast
- Falls Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sandy Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Valley
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 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.
- Dunkard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- LaJose Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mahaffey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sunderland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shelton Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spangle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- St. Basil Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bennett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (224 more) ...
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Watts Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Five Points had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- New Washington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Newburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Newburg is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Westover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- McPherron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Mayes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mayes is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayes
- Sylvis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Berwinsdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Berwinsdale is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwinsdale
- Ostend
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ostend is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostend
- Marron
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Marron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marron
- Patchinville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Patchinville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patchinville
- Bower
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bower is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
- Saint Lawrence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Lawrence is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lawrence
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Irvona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mahaffey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ansonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ansonville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonville
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 28 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 14 miles [22.5 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 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 Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clearfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Centre County
- Huntingdon County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
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'. |