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History · Five Points

Half of Five Points’ homes were built after 2005

Most of Five Points was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2005. Below: maps from 1948 on.

0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Five Points’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Five Points are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Five Points’s history is told.

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The story so far

Five Points, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Five Points yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 689 to 961 (+39%).

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Five Points on the map, 1948 to 1983

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Five Points. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Five Points on the 1948 USGS mapFive Points on the 1950 USGS mapFive Points on the 1976 USGS mapFive Points on the 1983 USGS map1948Southern Pines sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Five Points.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.