Joy, Ohio
Joy, Ohio | |
|---|---|
  Joy Location within Ohio  Joy Location within the United States | |
| Coordinates: 39°28′13″N 81°56′28″W / 39.47028°N 81.94111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Morgan |
| Townships | Homer, Marion |
| Elevation | 696 ft (212 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code | 43728 (Chesterhill) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1076156[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.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Joy, Ohio
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Morgan County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
Municipalities and communities of Morgan County, Ohio, United States | ||
|---|---|---|
| Villages |  | |
| Townships | ||
| CDP | ||
| Other communities | ||
| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties. | |
 | This Morgan County, Ohio state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |