Joy, Oklahoma

Joy, Oklahoma
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 34°35′37″N97°08′32″W / 34.59361°N 97.14222°W / 34.59361; -97.14222
Country	United States
State	Oklahoma
County	Murray
Elevation [1]	843 ft (257 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	1094267 [1]

Joy is a community in Murray County, Oklahoma, United States. It is north of Davis and south of Wynnewood along US Route 77. ^[2] It was named for the nearby Joy School. Joy School, in turn, was the name selected from a 1922 student contest to choose a new name when the Carr Flats, Talley, and Wheeler schools consolidated.

On May 19, 2010, an EF1 tornado struck Joy, damaging houses, outbuildings, trees and power poles.^{[ citation needed ]}

On May 9, 2016, an EF2 tornado struck Joy, damaging about 80% of the land area in Joy, damaging houses, trees, and even roads around the area.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Joy, Oklahoma
2. "Joy, OK". Google Maps. Retrieved October 13, 2023.

• Shirk, George H.; Oklahoma Place Names; Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987: ISBN   0-8061-2028-2 .

External links

• Abandoned Joy School