Cabell County Public Library
Huntington’s library is the Cabell County Public Library, a branch of Cabell County Public Library, which serves 94,350 people and lent 933K items last year.
What stands out about Cabell County Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S. A tiny town’s library always looks busier per person, so it’s only compared with its own size.
Cabell County Public Library serves 94,350 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
About 34 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
933K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
171,911 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
A National Register landmark since 1980
Cabell County Public Library, 455 9th Street, Huntington.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Cabell County Public Library branch.
New in Huntington? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Carnegie Public Library
Carnegie Public Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Apr 3, 1980. It is significant for its education and architecture at the local level. Its architecture is described as Beaux Arts Classicism.
The Carnegie Public Library at Huntington, West Virginia, formerly also known as the Cabell County Public Library, is a historic library building located on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Ninth Street. It was the first public library in the county. It served the community as a library until 1980, when a new library opened across the street. The building currently houses the Huntington Junior College.
More about the building →Other Cabell County Public Library branches in Huntington
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $3.89 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Huntington cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $4.2M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $16M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $4.2M budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
Retail prices are typical, rounded down: a new book $17, a kids’ book $12, an e-book or e-audiobook $15, a movie rental $4, a class or program $10, a computer or Wi-Fi session $3. The average cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 144,326 cardholders ÷ 12.
Every hour the doors are open, about 48 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Cabell County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington | Cabell County Public Library fine-free | — | 56 |
| Union | Chesapeake Branch fine-free | — | 46 |
| Fayette | South Point Branch fine-free | — | 46 |
| Barboursville | Barboursville fine-free | — | 47 |
| Proctorville | Proctorville Branch fine-free | — | 46 |
| Burlington | None of its own | — | — |
| Ceredo | None of its own | — | — |
| Chesapeake | None of its own | — | — |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report.
About these numbers
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Hours are an average. The survey reports a building’s public hours for the whole year. We divide by the weeks it was open, so check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
- Compared by size. “Similar-size” means libraries serving about as many people, nationwide. Per-resident numbers always flatter the smallest towns, so they’re never compared with big cities.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
- System-wide. Cabell County Public Library is one branch of Cabell County Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 94,350 people it serves.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Huntington.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places; photo via Wikimedia Commons. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.