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Community Library was then renamed in October 1976 to the current name of the Mary Esther Public Library. In 1988 when the space for the library was deemed too small, the Friends of the Library group created a petition for the citizens calling on the City Council to build a newer, bigger library. On February 6, 1989, the City Council approved the new site and size of the library. While the new library was being built the state of Florida also elected to give $ 175,000 in matching funds to help with construction. Ground was broken on February 28, 1991, and the new Mary Esther Public Library opened to the public on March 9, 1992. Throughout the history of the Mary Esther Public Library there was talk of an Okaloosa County Library System, but it was repeatedly denied. The Okaloosa County Public Library Cooperative eventually formed in 1997 with Mary Esther as one of the member libraries. The library received its most recent renovation in 2004 after receiving a $ 350,000 grant, adding an additional 2,000 square feet.
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1416:Laurel Hill
1376:County seat
1117:Weatherbase
1046:January 31,
1020:January 31,
992:October 31,
935:2000 census
929:2000 census
875:(any race)
478: /
415:Mary Esther
106: /
1623:Categories
1498:Ocean City
1431:Valparaiso
972:References
921:As of the
914:As of the
466:86°39′33″W
463:30°24′44″N
387:feature ID
295:Population
249:City Clerk
242:Jared Cobb
184:Government
94:86°39′33″W
91:30°24′44″N
1558:Oak Grove
1483:Eglin AFB
1426:Niceville
1401:Crestview
1383:Crestview
1097:April 23,
963:Libraries
713:Pop 2020
710:Pop 2010
499:Pensacola
452:Geography
444:Etymology
427:Crestview
375:FIPS code
363:Area code
317:Time zone
287:Elevation
1553:Milligan
1533:Deerland
1465:Shalimar
379:12-43375
351:ZIP code
168:Okaloosa
1543:Florosa
1144:June 4,
933:At the
887:11.20%
739:69.19%
736:76.16%
719:% 2020
716:% 2010
512:Climate
433:–
429:–
423:Florida
395:Website
390:0286480
153:Florida
120:Country
77:Florida
1503:Wright
1406:Destin
1393:Cities
1122:May 1,
1071:May 1,
884:7.48%
867:7.66%
864:3.61%
847:0.23%
844:0.08%
827:0.20%
824:0.10%
803:4.65%
800:5.12%
783:0.30%
780:0.62%
759:6.58%
756:6.83%
733:2,755
730:2,933
599:309.2%
584:134.9%
539:Census
525:zone.
165:
160:County
150:
130:
1523:Baker
1452:Towns
903:3,982
898:3,851
893:Total
855:(NH)
835:(NH)
815:(NH)
791:(NH)
789:Asian
771:(NH)
747:(NH)
727:(NH)
725:White
707:Race
669:3,982
659:−5.0%
654:3,851
644:−2.0%
639:4,055
629:17.3%
624:4,139
614:10.6%
609:3,530
594:3,192
356:32569
345:(CDT)
343:UTC-5
322:UTC-6
303:3,982
201:Mayor
140:State
1563:Svea
1548:Holt
1475:CDPs
1301:2021
1276:2021
1251:2021
1146:2015
1124:2018
1099:2011
1073:2018
1048:2008
1022:2008
994:2021
881:446
878:288
861:305
858:139
797:185
794:197
753:262
750:263
674:3.4%
665:2020
650:2010
635:2000
620:1990
605:1980
590:1970
575:1960
560:1950
548:Note
543:Pop.
402:.com
385:GNIS
258:Area
179:1946
33:City
811:or
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774:24
767:or
579:780
564:332
368:850
336:DST
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