Editing Mount Joy, Pennsylvania

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| leader_name                     = Timothy D. Bradley Jr.
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'''Mount Joy''' is a [[borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 8,346 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], and an estimated 8,323 in 2021.<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021">{{cite web |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |website=Census.gov |publisher=US Census Bureau |access-date=9 July 2022}}</ref>

==Name and origin==
The name is often shortened to "Mt Joy", as in Mencken (1963).<ref name="Mencken63">Mencken (1963) p.653. Quote: {{blockquote|In the years since then many of these names have been changed to more elegant ones,<sup>2</sup> and others have vanished with the ghost towns they adorned, but not a few still hang on. Indeed, there are plenty of lovely specimens to match them in the East, in regions that were also frontier in their days, ''e.g.'', the famous cluster in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania: Bird in Hand, Bareville, Blue Ball, Mt. Joy, Intercourse and Paradise.}}</ref> However, citizens of the town often point out that this abbreviation is not proper because the town is not named for a mountain but is named after the "Good Ship" ''Mountjoy'' which famously broke a Catholic siege during the [[Siege of Derry]].<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Mount Joy|url=http://www.mountjoyhistory.com/about/history-of-mount-joy/|website=Mount Joy Historical Society|publisher=Mount Joy Historical Society|access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref> Due to the early settlement of the Protestant [[Scotch-Irish Americans|Scots-Irish]] in this region of Pennsylvania, many of the municipalities in the area were given names common to the North of Ireland, such as [[Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Derry Township]], [[Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Londonderry Township]], [[South Londonderry Township, Pennsylvania|South Londonderry Township]], [[Mount Joy Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Mount Joy Township]], [[East Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|East Donegal Township]], [[West Donegal Township, Pennsylvania|West Donegal Township]], and [[Rapho Township, Pennsylvania|Rapho Township]].

Mount Joy is often named in lists of "delightfully-named towns" in [[Pennsylvania Dutch Country]], along with [[Intercourse, Pennsylvania|Intercourse]], [[Blue Ball, Pennsylvania|Blue Ball]], [[Lititz, Pennsylvania|Lititz]], [[Bareville]], [[Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania|Bird-in-Hand]] and [[Paradise, Pennsylvania|Paradise]].<ref name="Ward65">Ward's quarterly (1965) p.109 quote: {{blockquote|...in such delightfully-named towns in Pennsylvania Dutchland as his native Mount Joy, and neighboring Lititz, Blue Ball, Bareville, Intercourse, Bird in Hand, and Paradise.}}</ref><ref name="Anderson79">Anderson (1979) p.214 quote: {{blockquote|"...but anyone who names their towns Mount Joy, Intercourse, and Blue Ball can't be all bad. Obviously they have more on their minds than just religion."}}</ref><ref name="Museums06">Museums Association (2006) p.61 quote: {{blockquote|Which brings us to Intercourse. You can imagine my delight when I found out that the Amish call the town of Intercourse, Pennsylvania, their home. There seems to be a lot of explanations from locals trying to pass off the name as a bastardisation of 'Enter Course' and so on, but seeing as there are other local towns called Blue Ball, Bird In Hand, and Mount Joy, I suspect that the person responsible had a very juvenile sense of humour. The town sits in upstate Pennsylvania and is a tourist trap for anyone even remotely curious about the Amish way of life.}}</ref><ref>Rand  McNally and Company (1978) p.52</ref><ref name="Mencken63" />

==General information==
*ZIP code: 17552
*Area code: 717
*Local phone codes: 492, 653, 928

==Geography==
Mount Joy is located in northwestern Lancaster County at {{Coord|40|6|36|N|76|30|40|W|type:city}} (40.109895, -76.510977).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> [[Pennsylvania Route 230]] passes through the center of town as Main Street, leading southeast {{convert|12|mi}} to [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]], the [[county seat]], and northwest {{convert|6|mi|0}} to [[Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania|Elizabethtown]]. [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]], the state capital, is {{convert|25|mi}} to the northwest via PA-230. [[Pennsylvania Route 772|PA-772]] crosses PA-230 west of the borough center and leads northeast {{convert|7|mi|0}} to [[Manheim, Pennsylvania|Manheim]] and southwest {{convert|5|mi|0}} to [[Marietta, Pennsylvania|Marietta]] on the [[Susquehanna River]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|6.3|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.04|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.64%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_42.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 28, 2020}}</ref> [[Little Chiques Creek]], a south-flowing tributary of [[Chiques Creek]] and part of the Susquehanna River watershed, crosses the eastern side of the borough.

In the 1970s, Mount Joy was chosen as the site of one of ten [[WGU-20|Decision Information Distribution System]] radio stations, designed to alert the public of an enemy attack. The system was never implemented and the station was not built.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 1729
|1870= 1896
|1880= 2058
|1890= 1848
|1900= 2018
|1910= 2166
|1920= 2192
|1930= 2716
|1940= 2855
|1950= 3006
|1960= 3292
|1970= 5041
|1980= 5680
|1990= 6398
|2000= 6765
|2010= 7410
|2020= 8346
|estyear=2021
|estimate=8323
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="USDecennialCensus">{{cite web|title=Census of Population and Housing|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=11 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref><ref name=CensusPopEst>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=11 December 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archive-date=11 June 2013}}</ref><ref name=CensusQuickFacts>{{cite web|title=Mount Joy (borough) QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/42/4251656.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=19 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120014059/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/42/4251656.html|archive-date=20 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref>
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The [[2010 United States Census]] reports the following demographics for Mount Joy Borough:<ref>[http://2010.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php 2010 United States Census Community Data] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221034940/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php |date=2012-12-21 }}</ref>
* Total population: 7,410
* Male: 3,624
* Female: 3,786
* Hispanic or Latino: 549
* White: 6,809
* African American: 187
* Asian: 58
* American Indian and Alaska Native: 20
* Identified by two or more: 170

== Museums and historic sites==
*[[Central Hotel, Mount Joy|Central Hotel]]
*[[Donegal Mills Plantation]]
*[[George Brown's Sons Cotton and Woolen Mill]]
*[[Nissly Swiss Chocolate Company]]

==Notable people==
* [[K. T. Keller|Kaufman Thuma "K.T." Keller]], president and CEO, Chrysler Corporation
* [[Joseph F. Knipe]], brigadier general, 46th PA Infantry, during the American Civil War
* [[Donald Kraybill]], researcher and author on [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] groups
* [[Clarence Charles Newcomer]] (1923–2005), [[United States federal judge]]<ref>{{FJC Bio|1754|nid=1385681|name=Clarence Charles Newcomer}}</ref>
* [[Winfred Trexler Root]], historian
* [[Mike Sarbaugh]], coach, [[New York Mets]]
* [[Bruce Sutter]], [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher and [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] inductee

==Notes==
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==References==
* [[William Charles Anderson|Anderson, William Charles]] (1979) [https://archive.org/details/homesweethomehas00ande ''Home Sweet Home Has Wheels: Or, Please Don't Tailgate the Real Estate'']
* {{cite book |last=Mencken |first=Henry Louis |last2=McDavid |first2=Raven Ioor |date=1963 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qsFZAAAAMAAJ |title=The American Language: An Inquiry Into the Development of English in the United States, Volume 1 }}
* [[Museums Association]] (2006) [https://books.google.com/books?id=3v0SAQAAMAAJ ''The Museums journal, Volume 106, Issues 1-6''], Indexes to papers read before the Museums Association, 1890–1909. Compiled by Charles Madeley.
* [[Rand McNally]] and Company (1978) [https://books.google.com/books?id=G6gIAQAAMAAJ ''Vacation & Travel Guide'']
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=vNEWAQAAMAAJ ''Ward's Quarterly, Volume 1''], 1965

==External links==
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* {{URL|www.mountjoyborough.com}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1812]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1812 establishments in Pennsylvania]]