Mount Joy, Delaware

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Mount Joy (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°37′55″N75°17′46″W / 38.63194°N 75.29611°W / 38.63194; -75.29611 Coordinates: 38°37′55″N75°17′46″W / 38.63194°N 75.29611°W / 38.63194; -75.29611
Country United States
State Delaware
County Sussex
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID216789 [1]

Mount Joy is an unincorporated community located in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. It is near the community of Zoar. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Joy, Delaware
  2. Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation.