Joy,_Ohio

Joy, Ohio

Joy, Ohio

Unincorporated community in Ohio, United States

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

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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]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Joy, Ohio
  2. [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. [3]
    "Morgan County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 11, 2015.


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