The Owen County Public Library & Owen County Historical Society Information

118 North Main Street

Owenton, KY 40359-9201 

Phone: 502-484-3450

Fax: 502-484-3463

Owen County Library On-Line

The Owen County Public Library is open on Mondays from 9:30 AM until 8:00 PM and Tues-Sat from 9:30 AM until 5:00 PM. The Library houses the records of the County Clerk's office on microfilm. The Library has a microfilm reader, but does not currently have a printer. Xerox copies of printed materials may be made for $0.10/copy. Several titles among the Library's collection should be of interest to historians and genealogists. The staff will gladly answer simple inquiries and forward requests for information to members of the Historical Society.

Genealogists traveling to Owen Co. may be interested to know that the Owen County Courthouse is closed on Wednesdays and on Saturday afternoons.

Telephone number 502-484-3450

Email Address

STAFF:

Contact: Matthews, Cathy

 

Children's Librarian/Interlibrary Loan

Contact: Hampton, Susan

 

Circulation/Interlibrary Loan

Contact: Goderwis, Joan

 

Circulation/Reference

Contact: Humble, Sharon

 

Outreach Services

Contact: Doolin, Becky
 

Owen County Historical Society

The Owen County Historical Society, P.O. Box 84, Owenton, KY 40359, meets on the third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the Owen County Public Library. Dues are $5.00 per year. "The Bulletin," the Society's newsletter is published twice a year. The Society has many publications for sale and also maintains an historical/genealogical collection at the Owen County Library.

The Owen County Historical Society maintains a collection of historical and genealogical materials which is housed at the Library. This collection includes local records, family histories, census records, and cemetery records. We also house the county newspaper (News-Herald) microfilms from 1905 to 1995. The Historical Society has a number of publications for sale (see below) which may be purchased through the mail to the Library.

A New Resource Book is being compiled by the Owen County Historical Society. Please check it out!

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