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 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 Richland County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Richland County: Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Sauk & Vernon.
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:
- Richland 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.
- Boaz
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Boaz is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Sabin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sabin is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Westport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Balmoral
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Balmoral is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmoral
- Richland Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Gillingham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Viola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Viola is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
- Bloom City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Woodstock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Aubrey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Ithaca
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ithaca is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Sextonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sextonville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
- Hub City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hub City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Soldiers Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Bell Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Gays Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Petersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Towerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Steuben
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Mount Sterling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Boydtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Rising Sun
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Wauzeka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wauzeka is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauzeka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Eastman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Eastman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Ferryville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ferryville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Freeman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Freeman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Blue River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Muscoda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Muscoda is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
- Boscobel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boscobel is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
- Woodman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Woodman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Werley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Werley is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werley
- Fennimore
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Preston
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Preston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Montfort
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Montfort is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Mount Ida
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- Millville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Millville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Stitzer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Mount Hope
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Annaton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Avoca
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Highland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Cobb
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Edmund
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Helena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Wonewoc
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wonewoc is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonewoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
- Union Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Union Center is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Oil City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Oil City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Cashton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cashton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Sandusky
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sandusky is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Lime Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Plain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Plain is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
- Ironton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ironton is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Spring Green
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Loganville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Loganville is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- La Valle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- La Valle is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Points, with the one closest to Five Points listed first.
- Readstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Liberty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- La Farge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Liberty Pole
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- Fargo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fargo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- White City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- White City is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Viroqua
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Viroqua is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viroqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,394 people
- West Prairie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Prairie is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Prairie
- Retreat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Retreat is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Hillsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Purdy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Purdy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Westby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- Mount Tabor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Allamakee County (IA)
- Harpers Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
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.
- Five Points Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southwest of Boaz.
- The Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Maple Ridge Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2350091 <3>
- Tavera Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Mathews Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Boaz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Felton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Felton Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northwest of Boaz.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87931 <3>
- West Fork Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Conkle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Haskins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (215 more) ...
- Basswood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dayton Corners Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 in 1895, Five Points had 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.
- Boaz
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Boaz is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Excelsior
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Excelsior is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
- Mill Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Creek is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Basswood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Basswood is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood
- Sylvan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sylvan is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
- Byrds Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Byrds Creek is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrds Creek
- Sabin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sabin is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- North Clayton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Clayton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clayton
- Westport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Sugar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Grove is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Blue River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Balmoral
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Balmoral is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmoral
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Richland Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Gillingham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Soldiers Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
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 111 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 30 miles [48.3 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 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 Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Richland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Grant County
- Iowa County
- Juneau County
- Monroe County
- Sauk County
- Vernon County
- Allamakee County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
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' 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. |