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Mount Joy Crossing is located

Mount Joy Crossing is located in Delta County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Joy Crossing: Mt. Joy Xing.

Mount Joy Crossing is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Mount Joy Crossing: 903 & 430<3>

Communities near Mount Joy Crossing ...

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

  • Paris
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Reno
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Reno is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,349 people
  • Cooper
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Honey Grove
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Blossom
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Roxton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ladonia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Deport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Tira
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Tira is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tira
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
  • Pecan Gap
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)

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 Mount Joy Crossing. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mount Joy Crossing.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mount Joy Crossing. 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 Mount Joy Crossing.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Joy Crossing. See our Newspapers Page for Mount Joy Crossing.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mount Joy Crossing ...

Looking for more information about Mount Joy Crossing? 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 Mount Joy Crossing, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mount Joy Crossing.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Delta, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Joy Crossing - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Mount Joy Crossing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Mount Joy Crossing area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.