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History · Joyce

Joyce’s post office opened in 1917

Most of Joyce was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1950 on.

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How Joyce began

When was Joyce founded?

1917

The Joyce post office opened in 1917, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 328109 years
Founding year: the first Joyce post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Joyce’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Joyce are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Joyce’s history is told.

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The story so far

Joyce, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Joyce yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Joyce is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Winn Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Joyce had a population of 328. Its ZIP code is 71440.

Its first post office opened in 1917. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 384 to 328 (-15%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

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On the map

Joyce on the map, 1950 to 1984

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Joyce. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Joyce on the 1950 USGS mapJoyce on the 1984 USGS map1950Winnfield sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Joyce.

Famous people

Famous people close to Joyce

Nobody well known was born in Joyce itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Huey LongAmerican politician, Governor of Louisiana, and… · b. 1893
Jimmie DavisAmerican singer, songwriter and 47th Governor o… · b. 1899
Earl LongAmerican politician and the 45th Governor of Lo… · b. 1895
John McKeithenAmerican governor of Louisiana · b. 1918
James P. PopeAmerican politician · b. 1884
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Bob HopkinsAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1934
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Joyce’s post office has been open since 1917.

Gone or out of use
Joyce Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Joyce
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Joyce’s history

What year was Joyce founded?

The Joyce post office opened in 1917, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.