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Around the turn of the 20th century citizens started to investigate the possibility of establishing a library and approaching the Carnegie Corporation of New York to fund a new building. They approached Francis M. Drake , a former Civil War General, local attorney, banker, businessman, Governor of Iowa and philanthropist to join their effort.
Dayton Metro Library is a multi-branch library system serving 531,687 residents of the Dayton Metropolitan Area. It has 19 locations across the area (as well as two bookmobiles ). Almost 5.8 million items were borrowed in 2018. [ 2 ]
Centerville was originally named Chequaquet (meaning "pleasant harbor"). Centerville is the location of the award-winning, independent Four Seas Ice Cream shop on South Main Street near the intersection with Old Stage Road. It is also home to the Centerville Pie Company, mentioned on The Oprah Winfrey Show ' s 2010 "Oprah's Favorite Things ...
The Centerville area is served by Gwinnett County Public Schools. [ 4 ] The area has the Centerville Branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library system, [ 5 ] which shares a building with the Centerville Community Center and the Snellville Branch that is neighbor to Thomas W. Briscoe Park in Snellville .
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Washington-Centerville Public Library offers residents access to more than 380,000 books, audios, movies, and music as well as educational programs, community services, and research assistance for youth and adults.
Volunteers donated over 124,000 hours in 2014. [6] As of November 2024, the director of the Fairfax County Public Library is Eric Carzon. Carzon succeeds Jessica A. Hudson, who served from mid-2016 until June 2024, before departing to become county manager for San Juan County, WA. [ 11 ]
The Centerville Historic District is located in southern Barnstable, roughly midway between the villages of Hyannis and Cotuit.The district is essentially linear in shape, extending along Main Street from just south of Wilton Drive to a four-way junction with Church Hill Road and Bacon Lane, with a major triangular intersection with Park Street near the district's geographic center.