Welcome to Joyce ...
Joyce is located at the north end of the Olympic Peninsula (on the Juan De Fuca Strait).
Joyce is located in Clallam County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Joyce, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.
Joyce is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Joyce lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Joyce: 360 & 564<3>
Communities Also Named Joyce ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Joyce - they are located in Louisiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Joyce.
Communities near Joyce ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Joyce.
- Port Angeles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sooke
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Metchosin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Elwha
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fairholm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fairholm. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairholm
- Fairholm is located in Clallam County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Fairholm
- From Joyce to Fairholm
- Twin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Twin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin
- Twin is located in Clallam County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Twin
- From Joyce to Twin
- East Sooke
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Saseenos
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saseenos came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saseenos
- Milnes Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milnes Landing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milnes Landing
- Shirley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shirley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shirley <4>
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 Joyce. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Joyce.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Joyce. 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 Joyce.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Joyce. See our Newspapers Page for Joyce.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Joyce ...
Looking for more information about Joyce? 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.
In addition to the Tourism page for Joyce, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Joyce.
Adding Joyce to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Joyce 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 Joyce was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Joyce post office opened in 1915.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Joyce.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Clallam, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Joyce - 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 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Joyce area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Joyce 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. |
| <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> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |