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Yakima Valley Libraries is located in the beautiful, agricultural Yakima County in south central Washington State. Yakima County is 4,296 square miles and is the second largest county in Washington State. Yakima Valley Libraries serves the entire county with the exception of the City of Grandview. Yakima Valley Libraries is a junior taxing district that provides library services to the general public and is primarily supported through local property taxes.
The rural county library district was formed in 1945 and is now comprised of a central library and 16 community libraries located throughout Yakima County. All towns or cities, with the exception of the City of Grandview, are either annexed to or contracted with Yakima Valley Libraries for library services. Annexed cities include Harrah, Moxee, Selah, Yakima (Yakima Central, Southeast, and West Valley), Sunnyside, Toppenish, Wapato, and Zillah. Contracting cities include Mabton, Granger, Tieton, Naches, and Union Gap. Rural county locations include Buena, Terrace Heights, and White Swan. Yakima Valley Libraries currently serves over 240,000 people in Yakima County.
In 2019 the library district was open a total of 36,011 hours and served 618,751 combined visitors. We circulated over 1,005,350 items and hosted 108,383 computer appointments using the 154 Internet computers available to the public.
Details
- Last Updated
- 26/Sep/2024
- Contact
- Zillah Glory
- [email protected]
- Phone
- (509) 829-6707
- Website
- http://yvl.org/
- Address
- 109 7th StZillah, WA 98953