Harris County Public Library is a public library system serving Harris County, Texas, United States. Jacinto City is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States, east of the intersection of Interstate 10 and the East Loop of Interstate Galena Park is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States. A public library (also called circulating library) is a Library which is accessible by the Public and is generally funded from public sources (such Harris County is a County located in the US state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
The county library system is headquartered at 8080 El Rio in Houston.
Since its inception in 1921, Harris County Public Library (HCPL) has grown from a system of small book stations in homes, stores and post offices to 26 branch libraries serving a population of over 1. 3 million users in unincorporated areas countywide. HCPL has a collection of over 2. 5 million items and circulated close to 11 million items in fiscal year 2007. Rhoda L. Goldberg is the interim director of the library system.
HCPL operates branches in several cities which do not have library systems of their own and in unincorporated parts of Harris County. Three branches are located within the city limits of Houston, in sections that have been annexed since the branch opened. Most of Houston itself is served by the Houston Public Library. Houston Public Library is the Public library system serving Houston, Texas, United States.
Branches
- Aldine Library - Unincorporated Harris County (Houston address)
- Atascocita Library - Unincorporated Harris County (Humble address)
- Baldwin Boettcher Library @ Mercer Park - Unincorporated Harris County (Humble address)
- Barbara Bush Library @ Cypress Creek - Unincorporated Harris County (Spring address)
- Clear Lake City-County Freeman Branch Library - Houston
- The branch is a joint project between HCPL and the Houston Public Library
- Crosby Library - Unincorporated Harris County (Crosby address)
- Cy-Fair College Branch Library (on the Cy-Fair College Campus) - Unincorporated Harris County (Cypress address)
- The branch is a joint project between HCPL and the Lone Star College System. Aldine is a Census-designated place (CDP in Harris County, Texas, United States, located within the Extraterritorial jurisdiction Atascocita is a Census-designated place (CDP in Harris County, Texas, United States. Spring is a Census-designated place (CDP and Unincorporated community located within the Extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston in northern Clear Lake City is a Master-planned community located in southeast Harris County Texas and is the second-largest master-planned community in Houston&mdashbehind Houston Public Library is the Public library system serving Houston, Texas, United States. Crosby is a Census-designated place (CDP in Harris County, Texas, United States. Lone Star College-CyFair, formerly Cy-Fair College is one of five colleges in the Lone Star College System located in unincorporated Harris County, Lone Star College System ( LSCS) is a publicly funded two-year United States Community college system serving the northern portions of the Greater
- Evelyn Meador Library - Seabrook
- Fairbanks Library - Unincorporated Harris County (Houston address)
- Galena Park Library - Galena Park
- High Meadows - Unincorporated Harris County (Houston address)
- Jacinto City Library - Jacinto City
- Katherine Tyra Library @ Bear Creek - Unincorporated Harris County (Houston address)
- Katy Library - Katy
- Kingwood Library - Houston
- La Porte Library - La Porte
- Maud Smith Marks Library - Unincorporated Harris County (Katy address)
- North Channel Library - Unincorporated Harris County (Houston address)
- Northwest Library - Unincorporated Harris County (Cypress Address)
- Octavia Fields Library - Humble
- Parker Williams Library - Unincorporated Harris County (Houston address)
- South Houston Library - South Houston
- Spring Branch Memorial Library - Hedwig Village (Houston address)
- Stratford Library - Unincorporated Harris County (Highlands address)
- Tomball College and Community Library - Tomball
- The branch is a joint project between HCPL and the Lone Star College System. Seabrook is a city in Harris County in the US state of Texas. Fairbanks is a community within Houston, Texas, United States. Galena Park is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States. Jacinto City is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States, east of the intersection of Interstate 10 and the East Loop of Interstate Katy is a city located in Fort Bend, Harris, and Waller Counties in the U For Kinwood Texas see Kinwood Kingwood is a 14000 acre (57 km² Master-planned community located in northeast Houston Texas La Porte is a city in Harris County Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area. Humble is a city in Harris County, Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area South Houston sometimes refers to the southern portion of the city of Houston Texas, United States '' South Houston is a city in Harris County Hedwig Village is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States. Highlands is a Census-designated place (CDP in Harris County, Texas, United States. Tomball is a city in Harris county in the US state of Texas. The population was 9089 at the 2000 census Lone Star College System ( LSCS) is a publicly funded two-year United States Community college system serving the northern portions of the Greater
- West University Library - West University Place