Library, Pennsylvania
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|official_name=Library, Pennsylvania
|nickname=Loafer's Hollow
|settlement_type=Unincorporated community
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|subdivision_type=Country
|subdivision_name=United States
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|subdivision_name1=Pennsylvania
|subdivision_type2=County
|subdivision_name2=Allegheny
|subdivision_type3=Township
|subdivision_name3=South Park
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Library is an unincorporated community in South Park Township, Pennsylvania along Brownsville Road. Originally known as Loafer's Hollow, it was renamed Library by its residents in honor of the first library in the area, founded by John Moore in 1833.{{cite web |title=History |url=http://www.southparktwp.com/township_history.php |accessdate=2008-06-30}}{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=78|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|page=74}}
South of Library, the original course of Brownsville Road continues as Pennsylvania Route 88. Library holds an annual Memorial Day parade and ceremony.
Transportation
Library is served by the Library station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network's Silver Line.
Notable people
- Jerry G. Beck Jr., US Army brigadier general{{cite news |date=27 May 1975 |title=Local Man Graduates With Honors |url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/beck/vmvorzvoiudbgkclzvqnfmtnfrlzgwtx_ip-10-166-46-98_1746294199770 |work=Observer–Reporter |location=Washington, Pennsylvania |page=C-7 |via=GenealogyBank.com}}{{cite book |date=2009 |title=Pennsylvania Military Installations Reference Manual |url=https://www.fcadc.com/pdf/2009-PA-Military-Installation-Reference-Manual[1].pdf |location=Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |publisher=Pennsylvania Base Development Committee |pages=91–92 |access-date=2 May 2025}}
References
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Category:Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania
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