Joyland
Joyland is an unincorporated community in Durham County, North Carolina, United States, on North Carolina Highway 98, east of its junction with U.S. Route 70. It has been annexed by Durham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: unincorporated community in Durham County, North Carolina
- Also known as: “Joyland, NC” and “Joyland, North Carolina”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Southern School of Energy and Sustainability and Geer Cemetery.
Southern School of Energy and Sustainability
School
Southern School of Energy and Sustainability is located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. The school is part of Durham Public Schools. Southern is a comprehensive Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics magnet program in Durham, North Carolina serving students in grades 9-12. Southern School of Energy and Sustainability is situated 1½ miles east of Joyland.
Geer Cemetery
Cemetery
Geer Cemetery, is an African-American cemetery located on Colonial Street between McGill Place and Camden Avenue in northeast Durham, North Carolina. It has also been known as City Cemetery, Old City Cemetery, East Durham Cemetery, and Mason Cemetery. Geer Cemetery is situated 2 miles northwest of Joyland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Durham and American Tobacco Historic District.
Durham
Photo: Specious, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Of the three cities that make up North Carolina's Research Triangle, Durham has traditionally been the grittier, more working-class one. A city of about 283,500 residents in 2020, Durham's early wealth was built on tobacco and textiles, with a vibrant African-American community that once made the city a center for Black culture.
American Tobacco Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Davidwells75, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The American Tobacco Historic District is a historic tobacco factory complex and national historic district located in Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. American Tobacco Historic District is situated 3 miles west of Joyland.
Bethesda
Hamlet
Bethesda is an unincorporated community in southeastern Durham County, North Carolina, United States, on South Miami Boulevard, off U.S. Route 70. The community has two churches, two schools, and a ZIP code of 27703. Bethesda is situated 3½ miles south of Joyland.
Joyland
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Oak Grove Township, Durham, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.99126° or 35° 59′ 29″ northLongitude
-78.85445° or 78° 51′ 16″ westElevation
394 feet (120 metres)Open location code
8773X4RW+G6OpenStreetMap ID
node 158599035OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Irish—“Joyland” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “喬伊蘭 (北卡羅萊納州)”
- Chinese: “喬伊蘭”
- French: “Joyland”
- Irish: “Joyland”
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