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Welcome to Joy ...

Joy is located in White County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Joy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Joy is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Joy lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Joy: 501

Communities Also Named Joy ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Joy - they are located in Alabama, Illinois, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, 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.

Communities near Joy ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Joy.

  • Searcy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Beebe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Heber Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Heber Springs is located in Cleburne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,906 people
    • Former name for Heber Springs:
    • Sugar Loaf
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heber Springs <3>
  • Ward
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Ward is located in Lonoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,486 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ward <3>
  • Judsonia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Kensett
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Higginson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Higginson is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higginson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
  • Quitman
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • McRae
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • McRae is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRae
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 671 people
  • Pangburn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created 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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Joy ...

Looking for more information about Joy? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Joy, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor 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 (so far) for Joy was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Joy post office opened in 1897. The Joy post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Joy.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including White, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Joy - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/