BlockFive Points, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Milan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46774. It stands on Gar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maples quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Maples quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Defiance quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Maples quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
3,091 words on this townshipHistory of Allen County, Indiana., published 1880; Valley of the Upper Maumee River, with Historical Account of Allen County and the City of Fort Wayne, Indiana, published 1889 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Milan Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Milan Township - 3,091 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Five Points: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodburn Stone Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milan Center | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Thurman | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Cuba | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Bluecast | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Woodburn | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Hacienda Village | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Tanglewood | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Harlan | 5.1 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Five Points | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q85845932 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 434546. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.