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Mid-Columbia Libraries is a library system in Eastern Washington. There were 250,500 people in its service area in 2018, which spans the Tri-Cities metropolitan area except for Richland, which retains a city library: West Richland, Kennewick, and Pasco, and surrounding Benton, Franklin, and parts of Adams Counties are part of Mid-Columbia. It was founded in 1948, originally to serve patrons in unincorporated parts of the counties. As of 2016, the last city to be annexed was Kennewick, and several cities which were still independent on paper, including Pasco and West Richland, paid Mid-Columbia to gain patronage rights for city residents. The system considered expanding to cover Walla Walla County Rural Library District in 2012.

References

1. ^ "2018 Washington Public Library Statistical Report" (PDF). Washington State Library. September 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
2. Bevis, Leura Dorothy (1968). An Inventory of Library Services and Resources of the State of Washington, 1965. Washington State Library.
3. Ty Beaver (January 23, 2016). "Mid-Columbia Libraries looks to bring more cities into the fold". Tri-City Herald.
4. Ty Beaver (July 20, 2012). "Mid-Columbia Libraries looks to bring more cities into the fold". Tri-City Herald.

External links

• Official website

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