Mount Joy

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Mount Joy, Pennsylvania

Mount Joy is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,410 at the 2010 census.

Name and origin

Mount Joy is often named in lists of "delightfully-named towns" in Pennsylvania Dutchland, along with Intercourse, Blue Ball, Lititz, Bareville, Bird-in-Hand and Paradise.

The name is often shortened to Mt Joy, as in Mencken (1963), The name may be derived from Montjoie, a French battle cry.

General information

Geography

Mount Joy is located at 40°6′36″N 76°30′40″W / 40.11000°N 76.51111°W / 40.11000; -76.51111 (40.109895, -76.510977).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 2.3 square miles (6.1 km²), all of it land. It is considered to be part of the Appalachians.

Demographics

The 2010 United States Census reports the following demographics for Mount Joy Borough:

Mount Joy station (Pennsylvania)

Mount Joy is an Amtrak intercity railway station located about 13 miles northwest of Lancaster, Pennsylvania at East Henry Street and North Market Street in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. It is served by most Amtrak Keystone Service trains.

The station is a makeshift bus shelter in a railroad cut. There is no ticket office at this station.

Red Rose Transit Authority, based in Lancaster, operates its Route 18 bus through Mount Joy one block (less than 1/10 mile) from the station.

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Mount Joy (Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania)

Mount Joy, also known as the Peter Legaux Mansion, is a historic house in the Spring Mill section of Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

It was built about 1735, and is a 2 1/2-story, five bay, stone dwelling with a gambrel roof. It has 10 fireplaces, some with iron firebacks.

Peter Legaux was the owner of "Spring Mill," a nearby gristmill that was in operation by 1704. The mill burned in 1967, and its stone ruins were demolished.

Mount Joy was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

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