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Welcome to Joy ...

Joy is located

Joy is located in Clay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Joy, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1895.

Joy is 1,060 feet [323 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: 940

Communities Also Named Joy ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Joy: This one is located in Clay County and the other is located in Smith County.

Beyond Texas, 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, 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.

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 for Joy was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

We also found Joy in the book titled .<6> X3X - From that list, the Joy post office opened in 1895.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Joy.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Clay, 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>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.
<5>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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