Joy is a community in Murray County, Oklahoma, United States. 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.

Joy
Unincorporated community
Joy Location within the state of Oklahoma Show map of Oklahoma Joy Joy (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 34°35′37″N 97°8′32″W
Country	United States
State	Oklahoma
County	Murray
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

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

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.

References

• Shirk, George H.; Oklahoma Place Names; Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987: ISBN 0-8061-2028-2 .

External links

• Abandoned Joy School

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