The Oil Creek Library District is an administrative unit designated by the Pennsylvania Office of Commonwealth Libraries and charged with facilitating and enhancing public library service in Clarion, Venango, and Jefferson Counties. The District's offices are currently located at the Oil City Library, a public library serving approximately 11,000 people in the city and surrounding areas. The Oil City Library was built in 1911 with a $44,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie on land purchased for the project by the Belle Lettres Club, a local women's literary society.
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