Oswego Public Carnegie Library - Oswego, KS
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YoSam.
N 37° 10.025 W 095° 06.470
15S E 312852 N 4115487
One of the many small, efficient and neat libraries across the midwest.
Waymark Code: WMA4X5
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 11/17/2010
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Actual Hours of the Library:
OSWEGO Public Library
A Carnegie Library
est. 1912
Tues; 1 - 8:00 p.m.
Wed. 10 a.m. 0 5:30 p.m.
Thurs.-Fri. 1 - 5:30 p.m.
Sat. 9a.m. - 1:00 p.m.Oswego Public Library is a Public library. This library is affiliated with the library system that serves Oswego, KS. The collection of the library contains 14564 volumes. The library circulates 19108 items per year. The library serves a population of 2003 residents.
The first newspaper was the Oswego Register, established in 1868 by E.R. Trask. The first church was the Congregational, which was organized in May 1868, and the Presbyterian church was founded in July of the same year. The first school was taught in 1867. The public library association was organized in 1877 and continues in the form of Oswego Public Library, a Carnegie Library, today. The telephone system was put in operation in 1882; the waterworks in 1887; and the first electric lights were turned on July 12, 1888, but were turned off a few months later.