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Joy is a village in Mercer County, Illinois, United States. The population was 372 as of the 2020 census.

The origin of the name: “Joy” was named when founded in 1869 after the president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, J. F. Joy.

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Geography

Joy is located in western Mercer County at 41°11′49″N 90°52′47″W / 41.19694°N 90.87972°W / 41.19694; -90.87972 (41.196923, -90.879702). Illinois Route 17 passes through the village on Center Street, leading east 7 miles (11 km) to Aledo, the county seat, and west the same distance to its terminus in New Boston, on the Mississippi River.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Joy has a total area of 0.43 square miles (1.11 km), all land. The village drains east to a north-flowing tributary of the Edwards River, a west-flowing tributary of the Mississippi River; and west to headwaters of the Mud River, part of the Pope Creek watershed flowing southwest to the Mississippi.

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