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 Juab County<2>.
We aren't confident of the location of Joy, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Joy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Joy is 5,910 feet [1,801 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Joy is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Joy was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel west from Joy, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).
If Joy still existed, it would have been in the (435) 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, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma (2), Oregon, South Carolina, Texas (2), Washington and West Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Joy.
Communities near Joy ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Joy.
- Dugway Station ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dugway Station. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugway Station
- Dugway Station is located in Juab County
- Sunflower ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Abraham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abraham
- Abraham is located in Millard County
- Crafton ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast) - Lucerne ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east) - Black Rock Station ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Black Rock Station. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock Station
- Black Rock Station is located in Juab County
- Black Rock Station has also been known as:
- Rock House Station
- Sugarville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarville
- Sugarville is located in Millard County
- Former names for Sugarville:
- Alfalfa
- Omaha
- Woodrow ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - Sutherland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland
- Sutherland is located in Millard County
- Fish Springs ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fish Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs
- Fish Springs is located in Juab County
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 both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections 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.<5>
From that list, the Joy post office opened in 1899.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Joy.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Juab County: www.co.juab.ut.us/
The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.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 Utah's counties, including Juab, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Joy - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |