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Henry County Library System company history timeline

1941

An idea for a library in Jonesboro, Georgia was started in 1941 by the Jonesboro Women's Club.

1960

In 1960 this small location had grown and joined the Flint River Regional Library System in Griffin, Georgia.

1975

By 1975 the Morrow Branch opened in Morrow, Georgia.

1981

With four regularly visited branches already established in Clayton, the county opted to form their own independent library system in 1981.

1988

By 1988 they constructed the Headquarters Library, the largest library in the system, and the location of the library administration.

1991

In 1991 the Morrow Branch moved to Maddox Road, and the new construction received critical acclaim in modern architecture by Architecture and Urbanism magazine.

1998

In 1998 a new Riverdale Branch was constructed on Valley Hill Road.

2012

The most recent addition, a new location for the Forest Park Branch, was completed in 2012.

2015

In 2015 the library received a grant from the American Library Association and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority enabling librarians to partner with key organizations in the community to teach financial literacy, home ownership, budgeting, money management, and business ownership.

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