Marin County Free Library, Civic Center Branch

Marin County Free Library is a medium-sized

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system that serves the unincorporated areas of

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, as well as municipalities in the County that are not served by a city-run public library. The library administration is located in Room 414 in the

Marin County Civic Center The Marin County Civic Center, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is located in San Rafael, California, United States. Groundbreaking for the Civic Center Administration Building took place in 1960, after Wright's death and under the watch of Wright ...

at 3501 Civic Center Drive,

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History

The Marin County Free Library was established in 1926 by the county's Board of Supervisors. In 1927, Muriel Wright opened its first branch in the basement of what was at the time the County Courthouse in San Rafael.

Funding

The library is funded predominantly by a parcel tax levied on properties within its jurisdiction.

Branches

The Marin County Free Library serves two core communities in Marin County. The eastern half of the county is heavily developed and branches in the area are typically larger and serve incorporated communities. The western half of the county, West Marin, is largely rural, and the branches in the region are smaller and serve predominantly unincorporated communities. The West Marin branches are administered jointly by a single manager.

East Marin

A sign for the Fairfax branch of the Marin County Library system

* Civic Center Branch (

) ** Located in Room 427 of the

BuildingCivic Center
" ''Marin County Free Library''. Retrieved on May 4, 2009. * Corte Madera Branch ( Corte Madera) * Fairfax Branch (

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) * Marin City Branch ( Marin City, ''Unincorporated area'') * Novato Branch ( Novato) * South Novato Branch (Novato)

West Marin

Bolinas Bolinas is an unincorporated coastal community and census-designated place in Marin County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 1,483. It is located on the California coast, approximately (straight line dis ...

Branch (''

Unincorporated area An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

'') *

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Branch (''Unincorporated area'') *

Point Reyes Point Reyes (, meaning "Point of the Kings") is a prominent cape and popular Northern California tourist destination on the Pacific coast. Located in Marin County, it is approximately west-northwest of San Francisco. The term is often applied t ...

Branch (''Unincorporated area'') *

Stinson Beach Stinson Beach is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Marin County, California, on the west coast of the United States. Stinson Beach is located east-southeast of Bolinas, at an elevation of . The population of the ...

Branch (''Unincorporated area'')

References

External links

Marin County Free Library
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Free Library A public bookcase (also known as a free library or street library or sidewalk library) is a cabinet which may be freely and anonymously used for the exchange and storage of books without the administrative rigor associated with formal libraries ...

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