Ottawa County Libraries

Verify the hours of operation ahead of your visit.

The following libraries are located in Ottawa County and the surrounding area:

Harris-Elmore Library - Main Library

328 Toledo Street
Elmore, OH 43416
419-862-2482

Mon thru Thu 10am-8:30pm; Fri & Sat 10am-5pm; Sun closed

Visit the Grace Luebke Local History Room, an extensive collection of material related to local history and genealogy, including obituaries, church records, cemetery records and contributed local family genealogies.

Harris-Elmore Library - Genoa Branch

602 West Street
Genoa, OH  43430
419-855-3380
Fax: 419-855-7012

Mon thru Thu 10am-8:30pm; Fri & Sat 10am-5pm; Sun closed

Ida Rupp Public Library

310 Madison Street
Port Clinton, OH 43452
419-732-3212

Mon thru Thu 9:30am-8:30pm; Fri & Sat 9:30am-5:30pm
Mon thru Thu 9:30am-8:30pm; Fri & Sat 9:30am-1:30pm - Memorial Day to Labor Day
Open Sun 1pm-4pm January thru April

Erie Islands Library

281 Concord Avenue
Put-in-Bay, OH 43456
419-285-4004

Mon 1pm-4pm, 7pm-9pm; Wed 10am-1pm, 7pm-9pm; Thu 1pm-4pm; Fri 10am-1pm
see the website to confirm holiday closures

Oak Harbor Public Library

147 West Main Street
Oak Harbor, OH 43449

Sept-May:  Mon thru Fri 10am-8pm; Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 1pm-5pm
Jun-Aug:  Mon thru Fri 10am-8pm; Sat 10am-3pm; Sun Closed

The following libraries have significant collections of Ottawa County local history and genealogy content:

Center for Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University

5th Floor, Jerome Library
Bowling Green, OH 43403
419-372-2411

Mon 8am-9pm; Tue-Fri 8am-5pm; Sat-Sun Closed - Shorter hours outside the academic calendar months - call

LDS Family History Center

4511 Galloway Rd.
Sandusky, OH
419-626-9860

Wed 10am-2pm, 6pm-9pm; Thu 9am-9pm; Sat 9am-5pm 2nd and 4th Sat. of each month

Ohio Historical Center - Archives Library

1982 Velma Avenue
Columbus, OH 43211
614-297-2510

Wed 9am-5pm, Thu 1pm-9pm, Sat 9am-5pm

State Library of Ohio

274 E. First Ave.
Columbus, OH 43201
614-644-6966

Mon-Thu 8am-5pm, Fri 9am-5pm

The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library - Local History and Genealogy Center

325 North Michigan St.
Toledo, OH  43624
419-259-5207

Mon-Thu 9am-9pm; Fri-Sat 9am-5:30pm; Sun 1pm-5:30pm

The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Library

Spiegel Grove
Fremont, OH 43420
419-332-2081

Mon-Fri 9am-5pm; Sun Closed

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