Joy, Oklahoma

Joy, Oklahoma

Joy is a small rural community in Murray County, Oklahoma. 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.

References

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

External links

* [http://www.okpri.com/AbandonedJoySchool.htm Abandoned Joy School]


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