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 doctors 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 Mercer 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 Mercer County: Mahoning (OH), Trumbull (OH), Butler, Crawford, Lawrence & Venango.
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:
- Mercer 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.
- Clarks Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Clarks Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Hadley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sheakleyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sheakleyville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheakleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Fredonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Vernon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Vernon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vernon
- Coolspring
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Coolspring is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolspring
- Stoneboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kashner
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kashner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kashner
- Kremis
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kremis is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremis
- Sandy Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Lebanon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Leechs Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
- Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Salem is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Harrisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Forestville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forestville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Slippery Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Murrinsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Bovard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bovard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Branchton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Branchton is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- West Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Liberty is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Cherry Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Ferris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ferris is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Eau Claire
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hallston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hallston is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallston
- West Sunbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Atlantic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Geneva
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Geneva is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Cochranton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Hartstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Deckard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Conneaut Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pymatuning South
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Turner is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Kerrtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kerrtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrtown
- Fredericksburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fredericksburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Frenchtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Volant
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- New Wilmington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pulaski
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Nashua
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Harlansburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Harlansburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- New Bedford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- McCaslin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- McCaslin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaslin
- Grant City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- New Castle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Oakwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- West New Castle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- Edinburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Altman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Altman is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altman
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Henderson Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Utica
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Utica is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Polk
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Polk is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Nicklin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Nicklin is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicklin
- Pearl
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Sugarcreek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
- Barkeyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Bullion
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Franklin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cooperstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cooperstown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Wilson Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Mills is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Mills
- Nectarine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Nectarine is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
- York County
- Adamsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Ashtabula County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Simons
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Stanhope
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- West Williamsfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Andover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- West Andover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Richmond Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond Center is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Center
- Colebrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Mahoning County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Campbell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lowellville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Youngstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Struthers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Trumbull County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Five Points
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Orangeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Superior ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Burghill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Vernon
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Weldon
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- West Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Hill is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hill
- Hartford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Brookfield Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brookfield Center is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Masury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kinsman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Barclay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
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.
- Perry Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Long Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Centenary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Millbank Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbank Cemetery
- The Millbank Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fredonia Cemetery
- Bethany Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Boyd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sheakleyville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Busch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Freeland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Delaware Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zahniser Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (271 more) ...
- Rocky Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Caldwell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Old Cool Spring Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Five Points had a population of 126 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.
- Clarks Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Clarks Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Hadley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fredonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sheakleyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sheakleyville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheakleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Kremis
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kremis is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremis
- North Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Mills
- Stoneboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Vernon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Vernon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vernon
- Kashner
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kashner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kashner
- Sandy Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Hamburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Hamburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- New Lebanon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Osborn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Osborn is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn
- Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Salem is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Leechs Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
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 77 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 18 miles [29 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 first turn to 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 Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Mercer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Venango County
- York County
- Ashtabula County
- Mahoning County
- Trumbull 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> | 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'. |
| <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. |