Since 1971, the Hillsboro City Library has occupied the historic 1915 James Knox Taylor-designed U.S. Post Office. The building boasts Renaissance Revival architecture with exterior columns and terra cotta medallions, elegant arches inside and out, and an open 2nd-floor mezzanine.
Hillsboro City Library is not only beautiful. It has also been awarded the “Achievement of Library Excellence” Award and is recognized as one of the top 15% of all Texas public libraries by the Texas Municipal Library Directors Association. The Texas Municipal Library Directors Association, is an affiliate of the Texas Municipal League for the excellent services they provide to their community. There are 552 public libraries in Texas and only 73 received this honor with, Hillsboro City Library being one of them. How cool!
The “Achievement of Library Excellence Award” is earned by libraries, like Hillsboro’s, who exhibit excellence through providing services to under served and special populations.
We do this by:
- Marketing in innovative ways
- Pursuing collaborative efforts
- Continually enhancing services
- Supporting literacy
- Digital inclusion
- Workforce development
- Providing cultural, topical, and educational programming
- Comprehensively training its staff.
For Adults:
The library offers hotspot lending, telehealth services, career resources, video game checkouts, books to Meals on Wheels recipients. We also offer digital materials lending such as; ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, graphic novels and movies, through apps like cloud Library.
Children and Families:
Children and families that visit the library enjoy many activities such as the early childhood development Family Place program, toddler playdates, 1000 Books Before Kindergarten, storytimes, robotics in Club Code, a StoryWalk at City Park and our very popular summer reading program for children of all ages. The full basement now houses the children’s area full of engaging material and comfy reading areas where kids can discover the magic of reading.
For more information about the Library or the many exciting programs happening here, please feel free to contact us at (254) 582-7385.
Hillsboro City Library
118 South Waco Street
Hillsboro Tx 76645
