Joy, Ohio

Joy
Unincorporated community
Joy

Location in Ohio

Coordinates: 39°28′13″N 81°56′28″W / 39.47028°N 81.94111°W / 39.47028; -81.94111Coordinates: 39°28′13″N 81°56′28″W / 39.47028°N 81.94111°W / 39.47028; -81.94111
Country United States
State Ohio
County Morgan
Elevation 696 ft (212 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID 1076156[1]

Joy is an unincorporated community in Morgan County, Ohio, United States.[1] 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.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Joy". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  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 11 December 2015.


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