Joy, Missouri

Joy
Unincorporated community
Joy road marker in 2003. The sign was not present in 2017.
Joy
Coordinates: 37°30′52″N91°40′28″W / 37.51444°N 91.67444°W / 37.51444; -91.67444
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Dent County
Elevation [1]	1,299 ft (396 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	740975 [1]

Joy is an unincorporated community in southwest Dent County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. ^[1]

The community is located on Missouri Route E just east of Missouri Route 119. Salem is approximately eleven miles (18 km) to the northeast and Montauk State Park is about four miles (6.4 km) to the south. Licking in adjacent Texas County is about nine miles (14 km) to the southwest. ^[2]

History

Joy Church in Joy, Missouri, May 2016

A post office called Joy was established in 1890, and remained in operation until 1954. ^[3] The townspeople were overjoyed when they secured the post office, hence the name Joy. ^[4]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Joy, Missouri
2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 55, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
4. "Dent County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2016.