Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Joy came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Joy in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Joy. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Joy data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Joy:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of Illinois (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Joy is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Joy in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Joy for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Joy. See our Misc Page for Joy for more information.