Five Points, Ohio
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45309. The Survey maps it on the Laura quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1905 USGS Brookville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Laura quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Laura quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
In the 1880 county history
74,276 words on this townshipThe county history of 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Union Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Union Township - 74,276 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 105 shownMuseums hold 105 specimens collected within 10 miles of Five Points between 1897 and 1963: 102 Animalia, 3 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A V DEL, A. Gaufin, A. R. Gaufin and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Uredo | 1897 | Prof. W.A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Botryodiplodia (Sacc.) Sacc. | 1921 | L.M. Fenner | Mill Creek Farm |
![]() | Lanius ludovicianus Linnaeus, 1766 | 1898 | Collector(s): L. Kumlein | Milton, Ohio |
![]() | Cyprinella spiloptera (Cope, 1867) | 1929 | MB Trautman | Stillwater River, trib of Miami River, northern part of Union Twnp |
![]() | Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818) | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Ludlow Falls, Union Twp., Miami Co., Ohio |
![]() | Eurycea longicauda longicauda (Green, 1818) | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Ludlow Falls, Union Twp., Miami Co., Ohio |
![]() | Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Stillwater River, within north Union Township, near West Milton OH, Union Township |
![]() | Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill, 1814) | 1929 | MB Trautman | Stillwater River, trib of Miami River, northern part of Union Twnp |
![]() | Notropis rubellus (Agassiz, 1850) | 1929 | MB Trautman | Stillwater River, trib of Miami River, northern part of Union Twnp |
![]() | Notropis volucellus volucellus | 1929 | MB Trautman | Stillwater River, trib of Miami River, northern part of Union Twnp |
![]() | Pimephales promelas promelas Rafinesque, 1820 | 1929 | MB Trautman | Stillwater River, trib of Miami River, northern part of Union Twnp |
![]() | Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta | 1932 | Dury, R. (Ralph) | Union Twp., Clermont Co., Ohio |
All 105 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Five Points: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillipsburg Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Phillipsburg-#421 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garland | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Potsdam | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Pinebrook Estates | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Laura | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| County Line (historical) | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Pigeye | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| West Milton | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Ludlow Falls | 6.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062765. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.




















