Welcome to Five Points ...Five Points is located in Richland County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Five Points, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890. A typical abbreviation for Five Points: Five Pts. Five Points is 1,060 feet [323 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Five Points lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Five Points: 608 & 353<3> Communities Also Named Five Points ...While we believe that this Five Points is located in Richland County, we know of another 2 Wisconsin communities named Five Points. Those communities are located in the following counties: Dane and Grant County. Beyond Wisconsin, there are 144 communities that are also named Five Points - they are located in Alabama (16), California (6), Colorado, Connecticut (2), Delaware, Florida (3), Georgia (21), Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana (10), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Nebraska, New Brunswick (2), New Jersey (3), New Mexico, New York (4), North Carolina (11), Ohio (15), Pennsylvania (20), South Carolina (3), South Dakota, Tennessee (4), Texas (2), Utah, Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Five Points. Communities near Five Points ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Five Points.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Five Points. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Five Points. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Five Points. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Five Points. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Five Points. See our Newspapers Page for Five Points. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Five Points ...Looking for more information about Five Points? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Five Points, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Five Points. Adding Five Points to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Five Points in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Five Points was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Five Points. Footnotes ...
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