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Gilchrist County was created in 1925, the last county organized in Florida. It was originally set to be named Melon County due to watermelons being one of the main exports from the area; however, the death of Albert W. Gilchrist, Governor of Florida from 1909 to 1913, prompted its renaming to Gilchrist County instead.
The staff of the Panama City Beach Public Library was moved to the Bay County Public Library to work until the building was safe to inhabit. Over the years, the library at Panama City Beach continued to grow and enlarge its collection. More services were being offered than ever and patronage had exponentially increased.
Gadsden County, however, has a long history of municipal and subscription public library service, dating back at least to the early 1900s. [ 2 ] : 16 One predecessor of the current library system was the Quincy Library , listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places , which was opened in 1931 in the former Quincy Academy by the Quincy ...
The West Florida Public Library System is an organization of libraries that serve the Pensacola, Florida area with branch libraries in Escambia County, Florida. The Library System currently has approximately 360,000 books, 36,000 audio resources, and 14,000 video resources in circulation.
The Leon County Public Library was established in May 1955 and the first Leon County free public library opened its doors on March 21, 1956, in 5,000 square feet of The Columns, one of the oldest remaining antebellum homes in the Leon County area, and located at Park and Adams. Close to 5,000 volumes were on its shelves.
The Alachua County Library District is an independent special taxing district and the sole provider of public library service to approximately 280,000 citizens of Alachua County, Florida. [1] This includes all of the incorporated municipalities in the county. It maintains a headquarters library and four other branches in Gainesville. There are ...
The St. Lucie County Public Library System consists of six branch libraries and the Pruitt Campus Library, a joint-use facility operated in cooperation with Indian River State College. In 2012, the libraries had a total patron visit count, both physically and virtually, of 813,915.
In 1908, the St. Petersburg City Council and concerned citizens began on a journey to get funding for a public library. It was the culmination of a five-year pursuit by Councilman Ralph Veillard, W.L. Straub (owner of the St. Petersburg Times), and Annie McCrae, (who became the first secretary of the library) in 1913 that the city was awarded a $17,500 grant from the Carnegie Corporation.