A visit to the Joy Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Joy Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Joy Cemetery:
39.4762, -81.9424
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Joy Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Joy Cemetery is located in Morgan County<2>.
The county seat for Morgan County is located in McConnelsville. McConnelsville lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Joy Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Joy Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Joy Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Joy Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Watson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Watson Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Cemetery
- Wrightstown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Wrightstown Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Liberty Hill Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Cemetery
- Mound Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Mound Hill Cemetery is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Hill Cemetery
- Federal Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Federal Hill Cemetery is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Hill Cemetery
- Cary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Cary Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary Cemetery
- Hooper Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Hooper Ridge Cemetery is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper Ridge Cemetery
- Cutler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Cutler Cemetery is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler Cemetery
- Beasley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Beasley Cemetery is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
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- Old Quaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Old Quaker Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Quaker Cemetery
- Chesterhill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Chesterhill Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterhill Cemetery
- Westland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Westland Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Amesville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Amesville Cemetery is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville Cemetery
- The Amesville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mud Sock Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42332 <5>
- Henrys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Henrys Cemetery is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Cemetery
- Mt. Herman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Herman Cemetery is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Herman Cemetery
- Wesleyan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Wesleyan Cemetery is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesleyan Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Joy Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Joy Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Joy
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Joy is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Wrightstown
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wrightstown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
- Elliott Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Chesterhill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mudsock ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mudsock is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudsock
- Amesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Armadale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Armadale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armadale
- Westland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Todds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
- Glouster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Trimble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jacksonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mount Nebo ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Nebo is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Nebo
- Truetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Truetown is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truetown
- Big Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Big Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Stockport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hartleyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Greens Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Greens Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run
- Liars Corner ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Liars Corner is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liars Corner
- Morganville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Chauncey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chauncey is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
- Stewart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stewart is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Wolf Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wolf Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Corning
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Joy Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Morgan County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Joy Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Amesville
- Corning
- Glouster
- Trimble
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Joy Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Ohio:
- Pages specific to Morgan County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Joy Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1076157 (Joy Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1076157 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Morgan
- Est. Elev: 219 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Amesville
- Location given for Joy Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.4761829 Lon: -81.9423623
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Morgan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Joy Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |