Haywood County Public Library
🏢 NC Cardinal · Waynesville, North Carolina
Haywood County Public Library
The Haywood County Public Library's main branch in Waynesville is the hub of a county system in North Carolina's Great Smoky Mountains. Its roots reach back to 1891, and it is home to a dedicated North Carolina Room for genealogy and local-history research.
🕑 Library Hours
| Monday | 9am–6pm |
| Tuesday | 9am–5pm |
| Wednesday | 9am–6pm |
| Thursday | 9am–5pm |
| Friday | 9am–5pm |
| Saturday | 9am–5pm |
| Sunday | Closed |
Hours may vary on holidays; check the library site before visiting.
📍 Location, Contact & Directions
Address: 678 S Haywood St, WAYNESVILLE, NC 28786
Phone: (828) 452-5169
Website: haywoodlibrary.org
Plus Code: 867VF2P5+QC (WAYNESVILLE, NC)
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📖 About Haywood County Public Library
The Haywood County Public Library is the main library for Haywood County, a Smoky Mountain county in western North Carolina, and it stands at 678 South Haywood Street in Waynesville. The library traces its origins to 1891, when a group of local women organized the Waynesville Library at a stockholders' meeting, each paying five dollars and raising money through teas, suppers and bazaars. Today the main branch is part of a county system and belongs to NC Cardinal, the shared statewide catalog maintained by the State Library of North Carolina, so a Haywood card can request materials from member libraries across the state. The library's North Carolina Room is a non-circulating research collection covering Haywood County, the surrounding mountains and the state, with microfilm of U.S. federal census records and county records for family historians. The main branch is open six days a week, with later evening hours on Monday and Wednesday.
⭐ What makes this library special
- Main branch of the Haywood County system, with origins dating to an 1891 subscription library in Waynesville
- North Carolina Room — a non-circulating genealogy and local-history collection, including census microfilm
- Member of NC Cardinal, the statewide shared catalog, for requesting materials from libraries across North Carolina
- Open six days a week, with later evenings (until 6 p.m.) on Monday and Wednesday
- Serves the Great Smoky Mountains gateway county of Haywood in western North Carolina
📱 Digital Resources — Free with Your Library Card
A Haywood County card unlocks North Carolina's statewide and consortium digital collections at no cost:
📚 Services
- North Carolina Room for genealogy and local-history research
- Public computers, printing and free Wi-Fi
- NC Cardinal statewide catalog and interlibrary loan
- Curbside pickup
- Downloadable eBooks, audiobooks and streaming media
- Reference and reader's advisory help
🎸 Programs
- Children's storytimes and youth programming
- Summer reading
- Adult programs and author events
- Book discussion groups
📍 Nearby Libraries in Western North Carolina
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
What are the Haywood County Public Library's hours in Waynesville?
The main branch is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It is closed on Sunday.
What is the North Carolina Room at the Haywood County library?
The North Carolina Room is the library's non-circulating research collection for Haywood County, the mountain region and the state. It holds local-history and genealogy materials, including U.S. federal census records for Haywood County on microfilm.
How old is the Haywood County Public Library?
Its roots go back to 1891, when local women founded the Waynesville Library as a subscription library — each stockholder paid five dollars, and events like teas, suppers and bazaars helped sustain it. That early effort grew into today's county library system.
Can I borrow from other North Carolina libraries with a Haywood card?
Yes. The library belongs to NC Cardinal, the statewide shared catalog run by the State Library of North Carolina, so you can request and borrow materials from member libraries across the state.
📜 This library has genealogy & local-history resources. See how library family-history research works and find other libraries with genealogy collections genealogy libraries by state.
🖨 This library offers printing, copying & fax. See how library printing, copying, scanning and fax services work — costs and mobile printing — and find other libraries that offer them printing & fax by state.
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