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Gloster was created as a municipality by the state
legislature on March 12, 1884. Gloster City, as it was first known, was
named in honor of Captain Arthur Willis Gloster. A Tennessee native,
Gloster was a former Confederate officer and chief engineer in charge of the
construction of the LN&T Railroad from New Orleans to Memphis. With a
population of 2,000, Gloster's economy in 1900 was based on cotton (with six
gins) and lumber. The town boasted telegraphy, express, telephones, water
works, electricity, two hotels, and two banks. A tornado in 1935 destroyed
half of Gloster, but the citizens quickly built the town back. Gloster's
present population is approximately 1,787, and its economy is based primarily on
wood industries, farming and cattle.
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Joyce Hall Waugh
is the librarian at Gloster. She knows the area and enjoys meeting
visitors to Gloster.
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of civic clubs and the citizens of Gloster. The first library was on
Main Street. The library was moved into another location on Main Street in
1967 and again in 1969 to the then new Municipal Building. Finally, on
January 8, 1985, the present library on Main Street was dedicated. The
building was provided by the Amite County Bank Branch of First National Bank
of Jackson. Funds for the building's renovations came from the town of
Gloster, Gloster Library Board of Trustees, and the Mississippi Library
Commission. Mrs. Louise Seal was the librarian. |
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Hours of Operation
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Mon.-Wed.
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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Sunday
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10:00-5:00
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Closed
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10:00-5:00
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11:00-1:00
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Closed
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Gloster Library
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P.O. Drawer 460
(Mailing)
229 E. Main (Location)
Gloster, MS 39638-0460
601-225-5147
gloster229@pawls.lib.ms.us
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