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Libraries
Opened December 1921 — closed, date not established
Harlan's library service began with a deposit collection of one hundred books placed in the Reeder Drug Store on 6 November 1921; demand was strong from the first weeks, and the Harlan Branch room opened that December as one of the system's first four county branches. A newspaper account of the Depression years, quoted in the centennial history, praised how farm families around Harlan used the branch's free books. The library's 2006 financial report still lists a Harlan branch on State Road 37. The branch has since closed; the sources used do not give the closing date.
Sources:
- Slater-Putt, Beyond Books (1995), ch. 4 — the 1921 deposit collection and branch opening.
- Allen County Public Library, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for fiscal 2006 — Harlan listed among the system's facilities, on State Road 37.
- ACPL Facilities Master Plan, 2022 — Harlan absent from the current thirteen branches.