Five Points in Chambers County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Five Points, Alabama: Town of Five
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, January 7, 2022
1. Five Points, Alabama: Town of Five Marker
Inscription.
Five Points, Alabama: Town of Five. . In 1885, Five Points was named because of five roads converging at a single point. Before this, the post office was known as Lystra, operated by Postmaster W.C. Smith. The town was incorporated in 1915, making the town Chambers County's oldest incorporated town. The Baptist Church was the first to take the name of Five Points on its building in 1929. The land for the cemetery was given by Jim Belcher with Nanny Stills Belcher becoming the first person interred there. Five Points holds the distinction of being the first town of its size to receive electricity from Alabama Power in 1925. In order to receive power, citizens were required to erect their own poles from Stroud to White Pains. Five Points was home to the first consolidated school in the state. The town elected its first African-American Mayor, Geneva Bledsoe, in 1992.
In 1885, Five Points was named because of five roads converging at a single point. Before this, the post office was known as Lystra, operated by Postmaster W.C. Smith. The town was incorporated in 1915, making the town Chambers County's oldest incorporated town. The Baptist Church was the first to take the name of Five Points on its building in 1929. The land for the cemetery was given by Jim Belcher with Nanny Stills Belcher becoming the first person interred there. Five Points holds the distinction of being the first town of its size to receive electricity from Alabama Power in 1925. In order to receive power, citizens were required to erect their own poles from Stroud to White Pains. Five Points was home to the first consolidated school in the state. The town elected its first African-American Mayor, Geneva Bledsoe, in 1992.
Erected 2010 by Alabama Tourism Department and the Town of Five Points.
Location. 33° 1.085′ N, 85° 21.095′ W. Marker is in Five Points, Alabama, in Chambers County. It is on U.S. 431 0.1 miles south of County Route 222, on the right when traveling south. Located in front of the Five Points Town Hall. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 27031 US Highway 431, Five Points AL 36855, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in East Alabama. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: First Consolidated High School in the State of Alabama (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Fredonia (approx. 4.3 miles away);
Also see . . . Five Points, Alabama. (Submitted on April 17, 2022, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.)
Credits. This page was last revised on January 1, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 17, 2022, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 2,470 times since then and 231 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on April 17, 2022, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.
