Five Points, Lawrence County, Tennessee

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]

Five Points, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 35°02′45″N 87°18′40″W
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Lawrence
Elevation	869 ft (265 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	38457
Area code(s)	931
GNIS feature ID	1284346[1]

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.
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.