Five Points, Allen County, Indiana

Five Points
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 41°07′24″N 84°55′31″W
Country	United States
State	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...