BlockFive Points, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43143. The Survey maps it on the Five Points quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 75 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 surveys from 14 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.
- 1911 USGS Era quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Era quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Era quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Five Points quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
2,633 words on this townshipHistory of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1906 names this settlement in its chapter on Monroe Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The Greenland M. E. Church, known as j the Timmons Church, which is located about | four miles from Five Points on the road to j Era, dates back to about 1834, when a class j was formed here under the ministry of Revs, j Philip Nation and Joshua Boucher, of the Lon- i don Circuit. Meeting's were held in private i homes until the erection of the log church ! which was called the "Timmons meeting ! house.'' In 1853 a frame church was erected ! and the present name substituted. Among the j early ministers who had this charge were Revs.
Passage source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1906.
J. O. Lakin. F. F. Lewis, J. Laws, A. M. Alex- | antler, S. Rankin, D. Mann and A. R. Miller. In the division of the circuit, the Greenland Church was assigned to the Mount Sterling Circuit, of which it is still a charge. Rev. S. A. Crosby, of Mount Sterling, is in charge of ; the circuit at the present time. The church has j a flourishing Sunday-school.
Passage source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1906.
Pleasant Grove M. E. Church, located at Five Points, was formerly attached to the London Circuit but is -now in charge of the Mount Sterling Circuit, Rev. S. A. Crosby being pastor. The first meeting was held in 1849 by Rev. James Marshall at the house of John C. Berry, where a class of it members was formed. In 1852 a meeting-house was 1 erected at a cost of $800. This was removed to Five Points in 1871. and was used until j a new church edifice was built, in 1894. at a cost of 82,500. Soon after the formation of the church, a Sunday-school was organized which still continues, with an average attendance of about 50 at the present time. Adam Hanson has recently become superintendent, succeeding George W. Winfough. who retired after holding the position for 17 years.
Passage source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1906.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Monroe Township - it names this place 4 more 4 times.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 2,230 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,230 specimens collected within 10 miles of Five Points between 1829 and 1975: 2,191 Animalia, 31 Plantae, 8 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Spreitzer, A. White, M. Trautman, T. Cavender, Abbott, R; and others 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Rallus elegans elegans Audubon, 1834 | 1829 | Florence, A. (Arledge) | Col Anderson farm 6 1/2 mi west of Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Lanius ludovicianus migrans W.Palmer, 1898 | 1877 | Jones, H. (Howard) | Goose Pond, near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Hirundo rustica erythrogaster Boddaert, 1783 | 1879 | Jones, H. (Howard) | near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein, 1812) | 1880 | Jones, H. (Howard) | near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Setophaga ruticilla (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1880 | Jones, H. (Howard) | near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Accipiter striatus Vieillot, 1808 | 1881 | Jones, H. (Howard) | Scioto River bottoms near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (Vieillot, 1817) | 1881 | Jones, H. (Howard) | near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Piranga olivacea (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1881 | Jones, H. (Howard) | near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
| Vermivora pinus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1881 | Jones, H. (Howard) | near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA | |
 | Bubo virginianus virginianus (J.F.Gmelin, 1788) | 1882 | Jones, H. (Howard) | Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Icterus spurius (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1882 | Jones, H. (Howard) | Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Bombycilla cedrorum Vieillot, 1808 | 1883 | Jones, H. (Howard) | Pickaway Plains, near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
All 2,230 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blazer Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grange Hall | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Pherson | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Darbyville | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Crownover Mill | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Era | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Derby | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Williamsport | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Robtown | 7.0 miles | 13 |
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 Q22133750 | 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 1061069. 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.