 Mount Joy is often named in lists of "delightfully-named towns" in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, along with Intercourse, Blue Ball, Lititz, Bareville, Bird-in-Hand and Paradise.Mount Joy is located at (40.109895, -76.510977).According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 2.3 square miles (6.1 km²), all of it land.