Joyfull, California

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Joyfull (also, Joyful) is a former settlement in Kern County, California.^[1] It was located 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Bakersfield.^[1]

Joyfull was founded by Isaac Rumford in 1884 as a Utopian colony under the auspices of the .^[1] The Joyful post office operated from 1883 to 1884, when the colony was abandoned.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 997. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

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