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Five Points, Lawrence County, Tennessee

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Coordinates: 35°02′45″N 87°18′40″W / 35.04583°N 87.31111°W / 35.04583; -87.31111
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Five Points, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
Five Points is located in Tennessee
Five Points
Five Points
Five Points is located in the United States
Five Points
Five Points
Coordinates: 35°02′45″N 87°18′40″W / 35.04583°N 87.31111°W / 35.04583; -87.31111
CountryUnited States
StateTennessee
CountyLawrence
Elevation
869 ft (265 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38457
Area code931
GNIS feature ID1284346[1]

Five Points is an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Tennessee, United States. Five Points is located along Tennessee State Route 98 7.6 miles (12.2 km) east-southeast of Loretto.[2] Five Points has a ZIP code, 38457.[3]

The town's longest standing business since the 1950's was "Mashburn's General Merchandise". In 2020, the store became "Moore's Country Market" which is following along in a similar tradition.

In days gone by, the little town had a cotton gin, saw mill, feed store, and an elementary school for grades one through eight.Some of the teachers at Five Points Elementary School were Sula Allen, "Miss Ruby" Thomas, Lottie Box, Betty Littrell, Elois Fowler, Otto Hammonds, and Jimmy "Mr. Jim" McMasters.

Some of the family names associated with the Five Points community are Allen, Bassham, Boston, Box, Brown, Bryant, Cox, Curtis, Denton, Dover, Dollar, Ezell, Ferguson, Fowler, Gallion, Gamble, Gillespie, Giles, Grissom, Gulley, Guttery, Hammonds, Hartsfield, Hood, Howell, Joiner, Koenig, Lee, Legg, Littrell, Luffman, Mashburn, McDow, McMasters, Miller, Newton, Norwood, Owens, Powell, Rose, Rosson, Sanders, Stanford, Swinney, Thigpen, Thomas, Townsend, Weathers, and Williams.


References

  1. ^ "Five Points". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Lawrence County, Tennessee General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Tennessee Department of Transportation. 2009. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
  3. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.


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