Mount Joy, Ohio

Mount Joy is an unincorporated community in Scioto County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.^[1]

History

A post office called Mount Joy was established in 1871, and remained in operation until 1918.^[2] The community was named for Thomas Mt. Joy, a land agent.^[3]

Notable person

Wayne Blackburn, a baseball coach and team manager, was born at Mount Joy in 1914.^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Joy, Ohio
↑ "Scioto County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
↑ Evans, Nelson Wiley (1903). A History of Scioto County, Ohio: Together with a Pioneer Record of Southern Ohio. N. W. Evans. p. 397.
↑ "Wayne Blackburn". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

Municipalities and communities of Scioto County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Portsmouth

City	Portsmouth

Villages	New Boston Otway Rarden South Webster

Townships	Bloom Brush Creek Clay Green Harrison Jefferson Madison Morgan Nile Porter Rarden Rush Union Valley Vernon Washington

CDPs	Clarktown Franklin Furnace Friendship Lucasville McDermott Minford Rosemount Sciotodale West Portsmouth Wheelersburg

Unincorporated communities	Alexandria Bear Creek Bloom Junction Buena Vista Dry Run Eifort‡ Hales Creek Harrison Mills Haverhill Henley Junior Furnace Lombardsville Lyra McGaw Mount Joy Mule Town Pinkerman Pond Run Powellsville Rushtown Scioto Furnace Sedan Slocum Wallace Mills

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 38°57′05″N 83°10′25″W / 38.95139°N 83.17361°W / 38.95139; -83.17361

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