The Kenosha County Library System (KCLS) is the southeastern-most of 15

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Kenosha County Kenosha County () is located in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 169,151, and was estimated to be 168,754 in 2024, making it the eighth-most populous county in Wisconsin. Its co ...

. Along with the Milwaukee County Federated Library System (MCFLS), it is one of only two single-county public library organizations in the state. The KCLS has two members, the

Kenosha Public Library The Kenosha Public Library (KPL) is the public library serving the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin, Kenosha, United States. It is the resource library for the Kenosha County Library System (KCLS), of which it is a member. Governance The KPL is gover ...

(KPL) serving the city of

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, and the Community Library, which serves the town of Randall and the villages of Paddock Lake, Salem Lakes, and Twin Lakes.

Members

The Kenosha Public Library (KPL) serves the city of Kenosha, and is the resource library for the KCLS. The library has an Outreach department and five branches: * Simmons Neighborhood Library (1900) *Uptown Neighborhood Library (1925) *Southwest Neighborhood Library (1981, rebuilt 2004). The KCLS main resource library. *Northside Neighborhood Library (1993) *Kids@Uptown Lofts (2024) The library offers

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, and eMagazine services, including OverDrive eBooks & eAudiobooks, TeachingBooks Library, Ebsco eBooks, and Online tutoring, delivered via the library's website. The Community Library is the area library for Kenosha County communities outside the city of Kenosha. It has two branches, one in Salem Lakes and another in Twin Lakes.

References

{{reflist County library systems in Wisconsin Public libraries in Wisconsin Education in Kenosha County, Wisconsin