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In 1689, the ship Mountjoy saved starving Scot-Irish of Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Twenty years later, these same people came to this area and brought the beloved name with them. Mountjoy Township was named first in 1759, followed by the village of Mountjoy in 1812. Mount Joy was incorporated into a borough in 1851. The ship statue emerged from the proceeds of Mount Joy's sesquicentennial celebration held in May 2001 and was presented to the town as a gift to commemorate a shared heritage.
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Mount Joy, Pennsylvania · United States
