Paulding in Paulding County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Paulding County Carnegie Library

Photographed by Duane Hall, October 1, 2013

1. Paulding County Carnegie Library Marker

Inscription. In 1912, the president of the Public Library Association in Paulding requested funding from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie to building a library in Paulding. At first the Carnegie Corporation of New York refused, stating that it only provided funding to communities with larger populations, but when the Library Association said it would serve the entire county, which had a larger population, the request was granted. As a result Paulding became the site for the first "county" Carnegie library in the United States, built for a total cost of $40,000. Carnegie provided funding for 2,811 libraries, of which 1,946 were built in the United States. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, the Paulding County Carnegie Library continues to service the needs of all citizens of Paulding County.

Erected 2003 by Ohio Bicentennial Commission, the Longaberger Company, Paulding County Carnegie Library, and the Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 2-63.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. In addition, it is included in the Carnegie Libraries, and the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection

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series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1912.

Location. 41° 8.167′ N, 84° 34.762′ W. Marker is in Paulding, Ohio, in Paulding County. It is at the intersection of S. Main Street and E. Harrison Street, on the left when traveling south on S. Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 205 S Main Street, Paulding OH 45879, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Black Swamp

and in the Till Plains.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Paulding County Veterans Memorial (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Paulding County (about 600 feet away); Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor) (about 700 feet away); Herb Monroe and His Wife Millie (approx.

Photographed by Duane Hall, October 1, 2013

2. Paulding County Carnegie Library Marker

View to south along S. Main Street

0.2 miles away); The Last Existing Well (approx. 0.4 miles away); Paulding (approx. 1½ miles away); New Rochester (approx. 6.7 miles away); a different marker also named New Rochester (approx. 6.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paulding.

Another marker is no longer nearby. The Reservoir War (was approx. 5.7 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Paulding County Carnegie Library image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, October 1, 2013

3. Paulding County Carnegie Library

Photographed by Craig Doda, November 9, 2021

4. Paulding County Carnegie Library Marker

To the right of the entrance.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 10, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 4, 2013, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 766 times since then and 54 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 4, 2013, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. 4. submitted on November 9, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio.