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Huntingdon County Library

The Huntingdon County Library has been a free door for generations, and it is at 330 Penn Street.

It is more than shelves. There is a makerspace you can book studio time in. There is Library by Mail, which posts books to people who cannot get in to the building. There is Ask A Librarian, if the question is bigger than a search box. If they do not have the book, interlibrary loan will go and find it somewhere else in the state, and Power Library puts a great deal more on your screen at home. You can even register to vote there.

A town with a good library is a town that believes in its own future.

Walk in this week. Get a card.

Checked against the record. SERVICES REPLACED WITH THE ONES THE LIBRARY ACTUALLY NAMES. This page listed things the library was assumed to offer rather than things it says it offers. Describing a service that does not exist creates a promise nobody has agreed to keep, and it is the same error as inventing a fact. WHAT THE LIBRARY'S OWN SITE NAMES, and what this page now carries: Summer Programs, Library by Mail, Ask A Librarian, makerspace studio appointments, interlibrary loan requests, Power Library, tax resources, voter registration and a Friends of the Library. The address is given as 330 Penn St., Huntingdon, PA 16652. WHAT CAME OUT, and why it is not the same as saying the library lacks these things. Story hours, public computers and air conditioning are not named anywhere on the pages read. A library homepage does not list everything a library has, so this is not evidence the library lacks them; it is simply not something this page can assert. If the library confirms them, they go back in. HOURS ARE DELIBERATELY NOT PRINTED. A third party directory listing gives one set of opening hours and the library's own page gives a different set. The library's page wins, and hours change quietly, so this page links to them rather than copying them.

Sources

  1. Huntingdon County Library, the library's own site: Summer Programs, Library by Mail, Ask A Librarian, makerspace studio appointments, interlibrary loan, Power Library and voter registration (2026)
  2. Huntingdon County Library, Hours and Contact: 330 Penn St., Huntingdon, PA 16652 (2026)

Checked 2026-09-10 · County history, independently fact checked

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Hunt Tower, Fifth & Allegheny Streets, HuntingdonHunt Tower, Fifth & Allegheny Streets, HuntingdonLibrary of Congress · pa2736
Stone Creek Bridge II, South of Penn Street between First & Second Streets, HuntingdonStone Creek Bridge II, South of Penn Street between First & Second Streets, HuntingdonLibrary of Congress · pa2738
Huntingdon Station, Fourth & Allegheny Streets, HuntingdonHuntingdon Station, Fourth & Allegheny Streets, HuntingdonLibrary of Congress · pa2735
Cutting the Route 22 bypass near Smithfield, as Myer Souders describes itCutting the Route 22 bypass near Smithfield, as Myer Souders describes itShared by Myer Souders
1947 Tucker '48 Prototype, Huntingdon1947 Tucker '48 Prototype, HuntingdonLibrary of Congress · pa4156
The Huntingdon County courthouse in 1905, the building the grand jury's report of 1882 led to.The Huntingdon County courthouse in 1905, the building the grand jury's report of 1882 led to.Unknown authorUnknown author · stg09

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