LAUREL-JONES COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM, INC.
Laurel, MS
The Laurel-Jones County Public Library System, Inc. LJCL got its start in 1919 as the Laurel Library Association. The library relocated to the Lauren Rogers Museum in 1923. In 1966, the library became a free library and no longer required its members to purchase subscriptions. The library moved to its current facility in 1979. The current facility is 24,000 square feet. It serves as the headquarters for the Laurel-Jones County Library System, Inc.
Some of the materials available in the LJCL Genealogy Department are approximately 4,895 family files and genealogy research books; census information for the state of Mississippi for the years 1820-1880 and 1900-1940; microfilm copies of the Laurel Leader Call from 1902 to 2012; and various histories of military units, biographies and memoirs.
Type of Institution: Public Library
Partner since: 2015
Website: Laurel-Jones County Public Library
Contact: form
Address: Laurel-Jones County Library System
530 Commerce St, Laurel, MS 39440
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