Joy, Ohio

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Joy
Unincorporated community
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Joy
Location in Ohio
Coordinates: 39°28′13″N81°56′28″W / 39.47028°N 81.94111°W / 39.47028; -81.94111
Country United States
State Ohio
County Morgan
Elevation
[1]
696 ft (212 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1076156 [1]

Joy is an unincorporated community in Morgan County, Ohio, United States. Sharps Fork Creek flows west of Joy.

The community is named for the Joy family, who were early settlers. Joy had a post office, and was described in 1886 as "a hamlet of half a dozen houses". [2] : 500  Joy is also known as "Winfred". [1] The post office was discontinued in 1924. [3]

Joy Cemetery is located north of the community.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Joy, Ohio
  2. ↑ Robertson, Charles (1886). History of Morgan County, Ohio, with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men. L. H. Watkins & Company. pp.  500, 505.
  3. ↑ "Morgan County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 11, 2015.


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