About the library

The Black Earth Public Library, built in 1990, accounts for about 2,600 square feet in the Municipal Building on Mills Street. The library offers the community approximately 20,991 Books, Magazines, Books on Tape, Books on CD, Videotapes, DVDs and CDs.

An interlibrary loan system allows Black Earth library users to also borrow materials not available locally from libraries in the South Central Library System and even from libraries anywhere in the United States. The library's circulation has increased from 10,457 in 1990 to 35,784 in the year 2004 and 41,491 in 2006.

Currently at the Black Earth Public Library, we offer the following programs: