Frequently Asked Questions

How do I register for a Library card?

Residents of Patoka Township wishing to obtain a library card must present a valid driver’s license with current address, valid State ID with current address or current government issued photo ID. If the address is not current, they must present one of the following showing current address:

Valid voter’s registration card
Utility bill issued within the last 60 days
Bank statement issued with the last 60 days
Valid current government issued ID (e.g. military ID, passport)
Property tax receipt

If they do not reside in the library’s taxing district but do own real property in the library’s taxing district, they must present a current tax bill or a deed to the property.

The application for a child under the age of 18 but over the age of 5 must be completed by a parent or legal guardian (who must prove residency).

Resident library cards will be renewed every two years from the date of receiving the library card.

Non-resident students (K-12) who reside within the North Gibson School District or attend a school within the school district are eligible for a complimentary one-year, renewable library card entitling the student to all rights and privileges of this library only and OVERDRIVE.

Reciprocal borrowers will receive a library card by showing valid proof—a current library card from their home library and photo ID. The card will be valid at this library only. The card is valid for one year from the date of receiving the library card and may be renewed by showing a photo ID and valid library card. The person must be in good standing at their home library.

The Library Board will set subscription fees for non-library district residents not living in an area supported by another library. Only full year subscriptions for an individual will be sold. They have full EVERGREEN privileges.

Library card replacement fee will be $2.00 and a valid photo ID is required.

Renew Library items?

Most Library items can be renewed twice if the item has not been requested by another Library patron. However, some items borrowed from others in our network of partner libraries have different renewal terms and are not renewable beyond the original due date. DVDs and Novelty Nook items have different borrowing limits. Please visit us at the library or send us a message for any given policy for renewing items.

Can I reserve a Study Room?

No. Please see our Study Room policy here.

How much does it cost to...?

...have a black-and-white copy? -- 15 cents per side

...have a color copy? -- 50 cents per side

...get a fax? -- $1 a page

...rent a Toyota meeting room? -- $10 per hour per room

First Source records are only available in person

Come see us in the History Room on the second floor.

Gibson County

Aging
Agriculture
Ambulance Service
Archaeology
Artists
Barton Township
Biographies
Black History
Bridges
- Black Bridge
- Hazleton Bridge
- Moore’s Covered Bridge
- Patoka Covered Bridge
- Red Bridge, covered (aka Big Bayou Bridge)
- Severn’s Bridge
- Wabash Bridge
- Wheeling Covered Bridge
Buckskin
Buena Vista
Builders Association
Businesses
Camp Gibson
Census
Chamber of Commerce
Churches
Citizens
Climate
Clubs and Organizations
- “Andy’s Cuzzins” (Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club)
- Antiquarian Society

- Armed Forces Service Club of Gibson County
- Arts Council of Gibson County
- Barton Township Community Club
- Boy Scouts
- Child Abuse Prevention Council
- Cinderella’s Extension Homemakers Club
- Citizens for a Drug Free Gibson County
- Civil Air Patrol
- Civil Defense
- Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
- Domestic Engineers Home Economics Club
- E-Z Way Home Demonstration Club
- Foote Pond Pleasure Club
- Garfield and Arthur Club
- General John Gibson Chapter of the D.A.R.
- Gibson Club
- Gibson County ABATE
- Gibson County Area Rehabilitation Center (G.C.A.R.C.)
- Gibson County Art Guild
- Gibson County Automobile Club
- Gibson County Builders Association
- Gibson County Dailey-for-Governor Club
- Gibson County Fish and Game Club
- Gibson County Forum
- Gibson County Fox Hunters Association
- Gibson County Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association
- Gibson County Historical Society
- Gibson County I.U. Alumni Association
- Gibson County Mental Health Association
- Gibson County Nam-Vets, Inc.
- Gibson County Quality of Life
- Gibson County Rural Youth Club
- Gibson County Service Organization of WWII (G.C.S.O)
- Gibson County Sportsman Club
- Gibson County Theatre Company
- Gibson County World War Veterans
- Gibson County Youth Center
- Gibson Girls’ Doll Club
- Girl Scouts
- Grant Club for Patoka Township
- Habitat for Humanity
- Hazleton O.E.S.
- Home Betterment Society
- Humane Society
- Indianapolis Gibson County Society
- John W. Brady Club of Gibson County
- Junior Achievement
- The King’s Klowns
- Ku Klux Klan
- Literacy Coalition
- March of Dimes
- Master Gardeners
- Mud Cat Club
- NITTWITS
- North American Trophy Hunters Association
- Poultry Protective Association
- Purdue Extension Office in Gibson County
- Purdue Gibson Club
- Radio Club
- Red Cross
- Red Hat Society
- Rescue Service (all volunteer organization)
- Society for Creative Anachronism
- Spanish American War Veterans
- Sons of Temperance
- Step Ahead Program
- Sunbonnet Belles Home Demonstration Club
- Taft Town Community Club
- United Way
- Wabash-Maumee Valley Improvement Association
- Women’s Christian Temperance Union
- Women’s Federated Clubs of Gibson County
- Young Men’s Republican Club
- Young Men’s Republican Club (colored)
Commissioners & Council (1992-2022)
Communities (Past & Present)
Community Foundation
Courthouse
Court of Common Pleas
Daycare Centers
Dive Rescue Team
Drainage
Earthquake Data
Eclipse (August 21, 2017)
Economic Development Corporation
Economy
Emergency Management Agency
Environmental Management
Fair/Fairgrounds

Family Services
Farmers
- Henry Crecelius
Federal Jobs Programs
- CCC
- CWA
- FERA
- PWA
- WPA
Fishing Resorts
Floods
Flora & Fauna
Fort Branch
Francisco
Friendship City (Tahara City, Japan)
General John Gibson
Gil R. Stormont
The Great Depression
Haubstadt
Hazleton
Healthcare
Hemmer Woods
High School Sports
Highways, Roads & Sports

Historical Sites
History
Home Schooling
Indians
Industry
- Toyota (1995- )
- Toyota Suppliers
Johnson (Nip & Tuck)
Judicial System Members

Law Enforcement
Leprosy Case
Living Will
Lyles Station
Mackey
Maps
Memorial Coliseum
Military
Mills

Mines
- Miscellaneous Information
- Black Beauty Coal Company
- Buckskin Mine
- Bugg Coal Mine
- Columbia Township Mine
- Dongola Coal Mine
- Enterprise Mine
- Faries/Ferries Mine
- Five Star Mining Company
- Fort Branch Coal & Mining Company
- Francisco Mine
  - Francisco #1 Mine
  - Francisco #2 Mine
  - Francisco #2 Mine Explosion
  - Francisco Riot of June 10, 1921
- Gibson County Coal LLC
- Gray Strip Mine
- Gudgel #1 Mine
- Hackett Mine
- Hazleton Mine
- Liberty Mine
- New Liberty
  - New Liberty, Riot of June 8, 1931
- Oakland City
  - Oakland City, Riot of Sept. 27, 1933
- Owensville Mine on Benson Farm
- Owensville Silver Mine
- Patoka Mine on J.W. Adam’s Farm
- Peabody Coal’s Francisco Mine
- Prosperity Mine
- Richard’s Coal Company
Mines
- Royal Coal Mine #1 on George Allen Farm
- Royal Coal Mine (aka Fluhardt-McCloud Francisco)
- Somerville
  - Somerville #1
  - Somerville Central Mine
  - Somerville Dynamite Conspiracy of Sept. 21, 1931
  - Somerville North
  - Somerville #2
- Triad, Patoka River Mine
- Vulcan Coal Company
Mount Olympus
- Grade School Pictures
- High School
Museums
Natural Phenomenon
Newspapers
Nostalgia, basketball
Oakland City
- Oakland City College/University
- Oakland City, East Gibson School Corporation
- Oakland City, Ed Roush
Oil, Natural Gas, and Other Mineral Production
Orphan’s Home
Owensville
Owensville, Early Rural Schools
Pandemic COVID-19, Coronavirus
Parks
Patents & Applicants

Patoka
- French Orphan’s Home
- Newspaper (“The Patoka Journal,” March 3, 1911)
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge
Patoka Township
- Advisory Board/Trustee
Patoka Township
- Fire Department
Patriotic Events
Plat Maps

Politics
Poor Farm
Port Gibson
Prohibition and Repeal
Public Transportation
Railroad Accidents, Early
Railroad Accidents, 1930-1980s
Railroad Accidents, 1990-
Railroads
Red Banks Trace
Revolutionary Soldiers
Road Names & History
Rural Schools
- General Information
- Columbia Township
  - Jenkins
- Patoka Township
  - Greenwood School
  - Marsh Creek School
  - Orr School
  - Union (Strains) School
- Union Township
  - Sides Public School, District #2
- Wabash Township
  - Upper Hills School
- Washington Township
  - Drain School
Rural Schools
- Washington Township
  - Ennes School
  - Giro (Buena Vista) School
  - Hunt School
  - Number 10 (Moore) School
  - Richardson School
  - Shiloh (Dunning) School
  - Union Bethel School
  - Valley Academy (Frog Pond or Valley Forge School)
  - West School
  - Wheeling (Bovine) School
Snowfalls/Ice Storms
Soccer
Soil and Water Conservation
Somerville
Sports
State Bicentennial: Events & Participation in the Forming of the State of Indiana
Statistics
Storm Damage