The Chester County Library System (CCLS) in

Chester County, Pennsylvania Chester County (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Tscheschter Kaundi''), colloquially referred to as Chesco, is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in ...

is a library system in southeastern Pennsylvania that was organized in 1965. It is a federated system composed of a District Center Library in

Exton, Pennsylvania Exton is a census-designated place (CDP) in West Whiteland Township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its population was 5,622 at the 2020 census. The Exton Square Mall and Main Street at Exton are both located within Exton alon ...

and seventeen member libraries. The system provides materials and information for life, work and pleasure.

History

The library system has its history starting in

West Chester, Pennsylvania West Chester is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough and the county seat of Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located in the Delaware Valley, Philadelphia metropolitan area, the borough had a population of 18,671 at the 2020 census. West ...

where it was once housed in a new county building on West Market Street and New Street, replacing the old Chester County Prison situated in the same location only 3 years earlier in 1959. The county building was dedicated to honor Congressman Paul Dague in 1971. In 1980, the Chester County Library moved to its current location in Exton (next to the Exton Square Mall). In 1982, the library in Exton received a National Association of Counties Award for its Library Literacy Program, the first in the U.S. state of

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

handling 30,000 illiterate and 15,000 non-English speaking residents.

Libraries

*Atglen Public Library *Avon Grove Library *Chester Springs Library *Chester County Library and District Center *Coatesville Area Public Library *Downingtown Library *Easttown Library and Information Center *Henrietta Hankin Branch **In West Vincent Township - Compare to library address. *Honey Brook Community Library *Kennett Library *Malvern Public Library *Oxford Public Library *Paoli Library *Parkesburg Free Library *Phoenixville Public Library *Spring City Free Library *Tredyffrin Public Library *West Chester Public Library

References

External links

Official website
{{authority control County library systems in Pennsylvania Public libraries in Pennsylvania Education in Chester County, Pennsylvania