Five Points, Allen County, Indiana

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Five Points
Unincorporated community
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Five Points
Coordinates: 41°07′24″N84°55′31″W / 41.12333°N 84.92528°W / 41.12333; -84.92528
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Indiana.svg  Indiana
County Allen
Township Milan
Elevation
[1]
223 m (732 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46797
Area code 260
GNIS feature ID 434546

Five Points is an unincorporated community in Milan Township, Allen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [2]

History

Five Points is so named due to the fact that five different roads meet at one single point. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Five Points, Allen County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  3. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  133. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...a common descriptive place name in Indiana, as it is also found in Allen, Jefferson, Morgan, Knox...


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