North Smithfield Public Library

{{Short description|Library in Rhode Island, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox library | name = North Smithfield Public Library | logo = | image = North Smithfield Public Library in North Smithfield Slatersville Rhode Island RI USA.jpg | caption = | country = United States of America | type = Public Library | established = 1931 | location = North Smithfield, Rhode Island | coordinates = {{coord|41.999757|-71.580627|type:landmark_globe:earth_region:US-RI|display=ti}} | num_branches = 1 | items_collected = | collection_size = 54,151 | criteria = | legal_deposit = | req_to_access = | annual_circulation = 53,475 | pop_served = 12,000 | members = | budget = $435,452 | director = | num_employees = | website = www.nspl.info/ }} '''North Smithfield Public Library''' is a public library at 20 Main Street in the village of Slatersville in North Smithfield, Rhode Island. Part of the library is currently located in a renovated nineteenth-century stone mill building that was a mill store house for John Slater's nearby mill before it became the North Smithfield Public Library in 1966, and the library is adjacent to the Slatersville Reservoir.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blackstoneheritagecorridor.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Slatersville-Walking-Tour.pdf |title=Walking Tour |date=February 2016 |publisher=Blackstone Heritage Corridor, Inc |access-date=August 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828160214/https://blackstoneheritagecorridor.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Slatersville-Walking-Tour.pdf |archive-date=August 28, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1 Slatersville Reservoir |url=https://www.nps.gov/blrv/planyourvisit/1-slatersville-reservoir.htm |website=National Park Service |access-date=August 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416041722/https://www.nps.gov/blrv/planyourvisit/1-slatersville-reservoir.htm |archive-date=April 16, 2017}}</ref> An extensive addition was added in the 1980s. The Library was originally founded in 1931 with the first branch in the Union Village school before eventually moving to Slatersville.<ref>Walter Nebiker, ''The History of North Smithfield'' (Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1976)</ref> left|thumb|North Smithfield Public Library in Slatersville

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==External links== *{{official website|http://www.nspl.info/}}

Category:Public libraries in Rhode Island