Five Points

History

In 1885, Five Points was named because of the five roads converging at a single point. Before this, the post office was known as "Lystra". The town was incorporated in 1916, according to documents filed with the Probate Judge, making it Chambers County's oldest incorporated town. The Baptist Church was the first to take the name of "Five Points" on its building in 1929. 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 Plains. Five Points is home to the first consolidated high school in Alabama. The original Five Points High School was an imposing brick building which had two floors above a full basement and a large auditorium that seated 400 people. Erected in 1916 on an campus, it was the only rural school in the state with its own electric and steam-generating plant and water works. The school building was replaced by a one-story building in 1939. In 1974 a fire destroyed that structure which was replaced by the present building. The town elected its first African-American mayor, Geneva Bledsoe, in 1992. The current mayor is Jeffrey Monroe, who was appointed Mayor in 2022 when former mayor Derrick Wright moved out of the town limits.

Geography

Five Points is located in northern Chambers County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  1,081
• Double-crested Cormorant

  Phalacrocorax auritus (Lesson, 1831) · Aves
  826
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  787
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  783
• Eastern Bluebird

  Sialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  746
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  725
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  679
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  656

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2008-01-04
  14 km N of Hollins, Alabama
• M 2.5 — 2003-10-06
  11 km SW of Talladega, Alabama