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 have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Five Points: Five Pts.
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 southwest 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 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 west 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 Dane County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dane County: Columbia, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Rock & Sauk.
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:
- Dane 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.
- Verona
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Fitchburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Fitchburg is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,866 people
- Pilgrim Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pilgrim Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Village
- Pilgrim Village is located in Dane County
- Syene ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Middleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Shorewood Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shorewood Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Hills
- Shorewood Hills is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,999 people
- Paoli
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Oak Hall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hall
- Oak Hall is located in Dane County
- Klevenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Klevenville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klevenville
- Klevenville is located in Dane County
- Madison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Madison is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263,094 people
- Basco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basco
- Basco is located in Dane County
- Ashton Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton Corners
- Ashton Corners is located in Dane County
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Lodi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Lodi is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Arlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Arlington is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- Okee
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
- Okee is located in Columbia County
- Keyeser
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Harmony Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Harmony Grove is located in Columbia County
- Lake Wisconsin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Wisconsin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- North Leeds
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for North Leeds. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- North Leeds is located in Columbia County
- Poynette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poynette
- Poynette is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,508 people
- Durwards Glen ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durwards Glen
- Durwards Glen is located in Columbia County
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Dayton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Dayton is located in Green County
- New Glarus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glarus
- New Glarus is located in Green County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
- Attica
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Attica is located in Green County
- Monticello
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Monticello is located in Green County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
- Albany
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - Mineral Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Mineral Point is located in Green County
- Brodhead
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south) - Monroe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Barneveld
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Moscow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Arena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Cassell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest) - Hollandale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Hyde
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Ridgeway
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Helena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Pleasant Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Dodgeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dodgeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Lake Ripley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ripley
- Lake Ripley is located in Jefferson County
- Waterloo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast) - Carcajou
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carcajou
- Carcajou is located in Jefferson County
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Blanchardville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Argyle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Woodford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Woodford is located in Lafayette County
- Rock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Union
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast) - Cooksville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Cooksville is located in Rock County
- Evansville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evansville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Evansville is located in Rock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,556 people
- Magnolia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Magnolia is located in Rock County
- Fulton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Fulton is located in Rock County
- Edgerton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Edgerton is located in Rock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,595 people
- Indianford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Indianford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianford
- Indianford is located in Rock County
- Footville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Footville is located in Rock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 822 people
- Orfordville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orfordville
- Orfordville is located in Rock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,486 people
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Sauk City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest) - Prairie du Sac village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Sac village
- Prairie du Sac village is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,426 people
- Merrimac
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Moon Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Valley
- Moon Valley is located in Sauk County
- Witwen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witwen
- Witwen is located in Sauk County
- Denzer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Spring Green
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Green have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Leland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
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.
- Sunset Memory Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Memory Gardens
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Memory Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Middleton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Middleton Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Middleton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Williams Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Bernards Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Bernards Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Bernards Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Paoli Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paoli Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paoli Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Oak Hall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hall Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Madison.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87944 <3>
- Resurrection Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resurrection Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Resurrection Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Madison.
- The Resurrection Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Cemetery
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- Resurrection Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #343777 <3>
- Evergreen Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Mary of Pine Bluff Catholic Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary of Pine Bluff Catholic Church Cemetery
- Continue List (187 more) ...
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Holy Mother of Consolation Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Mother of Consolation Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Mother of Consolation Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Frenchtown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Frenchtown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Frenchtown Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the southwest of Belleville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2219828 <3>
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
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.<5>
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.
- Verona
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - West Middleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Middleton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middleton
- West Middleton is located in Dane County
- Riley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Fitchburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Fitchburg is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,866 people
- Paoli
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Syene ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Pheasant Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pheasant Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Branch
- Pheasant Branch is located in Dane County
- Middleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Pine Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bluff
- Pine Bluff is located in Dane County
- Klevenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Klevenville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klevenville
- Klevenville is located in Dane County
- Mount Vernon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Vernon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Mount Vernon is located in Dane County
- Basco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basco
- Basco is located in Dane County
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Madison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Madison is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263,094 people
- Lakeview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Ashton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Ashton is located in Dane County
- Madison
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 255 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 23 miles [37 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 visit 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 Wisconsin
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.wisconsinhistory.org/
- Pages specific to Dane County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Green County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Iowa County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Jefferson County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lafayette County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Rock County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sauk County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Columbia County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Dane County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Dane County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Five Points. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Dane County: www.co.dane.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Five Points) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Five Points. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0161, Longitude: -89.5332 In this case, the coordinates for Five Points have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |