Welcome to Joy ...

So far, we found very little information about Joy. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Joy to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Joy - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Joy, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Joy , we believe that it would have been located within present day Holt County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Joy, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1895.

Time Zone: The area where Joy was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Joy once stood is in the (402) and (531)<3> area codes.

Communities Also Named Joy ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Joy - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma (2), Oregon, South Carolina, Texas (2), Utah, Washington and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Joy.

Adding Joy to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Joy was on a map titled Map of Nebraska (from Rand McNally, 1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Joy.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Holt County: www.co.holt.ne.us/

The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Joy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Holt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	Area code (531) is an overlay for area code (402).