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Joy, Oklahoma

Coordinates: 34°35′37″N 97°08′32″W / 34.59361°N 97.14222°W / 34.59361; -97.14222
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Joy
Joy is located in Oklahoma
Joy
Joy
Location within the state of Oklahoma
Joy is located in the United States
Joy
Joy
Joy (the United States)
Coordinates: 34°35′37″N 97°08′32″W / 34.59361°N 97.14222°W / 34.59361; -97.14222
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountyMurray
Elevation843 ft (257 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1094267[1]

Joy is a community in Murray County, Oklahoma, United States. It is north of Davis and south of Wynnewood along US Route 77.[2] It was named for the nearby Joy School. Joy School, in turn, was the name selected from a 1922 student contest to choose a new name when the Carr Flats, Talley, and Wheeler schools consolidated.

On May 19, 2010, an EF1 tornado struck Joy, damaging houses, outbuildings, trees and power poles.[citation needed]

On May 9, 2016, an EF2 tornado struck Joy, damaging about 80% of the land area in Joy, damaging houses, trees, and even roads around the area.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Joy, Oklahoma
  2. ^ "Joy, OK". Google Maps. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  • Shirk, George H.; Oklahoma Place Names; Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987: ISBN 0-8061-2028-2 .
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