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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. If you can help us with Joy, please Contact Us. Joy would have been located within present day White Pine County<2>. The location of Joy has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> Joy was founded in 1869. While the community is gone, the present day location for Joy is 8,140 feet [2,481 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Joy is about 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Joy was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Joy once stood is in the (775) area code. 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, Nebraska, 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. Communities near Joy ...We have created a list of 5 communities that are near Joy.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Joy. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Joy. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Joy. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Joy. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Joy. See our Newspapers Page for Joy. Adding Joy to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Joy in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Joy was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Joy. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for White Pine County: www.co.white-pine.nv.us/ The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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