About Us

     The Cedar County Library was voted into existence in April 1, 1947, along with a $.10 per hundred dollar valuation in property tax to support it.

  •      The Cedar County Library and Dallas County Library formed the Cedar-Dallas Cooperative in 1949.
  •      The El Dorado Springs Library, which was begun by the Twentieth Century Club, became a part of the Cedar County Library in 1949.
  •      Polk County Library joined the Cooperative in 1951.  Bolivar Public Library became a part of Polk County Library in 1951.
  •      Cedar County Library, Dallas County Library, and Polk County Library then became Southwest Regional Library.
  •      Later, Dade County Library and Hickory County joined, and Dallas County Library dropped out of Southwest Regional Library in 1965.

     Southwest Regional Library broke apart in 1995, and the county libraries went their separate ways.  John D. Smith gave a building to the city of El Dorado Springs to be used as a library.  The Friends of the Library, Inc. of El Dorado Springs were very instrumental in gathering donations to be used in the refurbishing of the building.  Many Friends donated time and labor for this to happen in 1998.  Cedar County Library rents the building from the City of El Dorado Springs.  In 2020, the Cedar County Library District began a fundraising campaign to build a new library building in El Dorado Springs.

     Cedar County Library automated their collection in 2001, and developed their first website with an online catalog.  They began to offer free public wi-fi in 2006.  A tornado took the Stockton Branch in 2003, and it operated out of a modular classroom for five years. A generous donor gave the library a start on raising the money for a new building in 2006.  The building was started in 2007 and finished in 2008. The library is very grateful to the people who voted the 1/4 of cent sales tax in 2017 to support the library.

 

Branches:

Geneva Sharp Branch

717 East St, Stockton, MO 65785 

417-276-3413

 

John D. Smith Branch

808 S. Main, El Dorado Springs, MO 64744

417-876-4827

 

Hours:

Both Branches

Monday – Friday : 9:00 am to 6:00 pm Saturday – 9 am to 3 pm Sunday CLOSED

 

Current Board Members

Kay Forest, Board President

Carole Rickman, Board Treasurer

Kent Fortney, Board Secretary

Carol Butts, Member

Larry Nottingham, Member

 

Meet Our Staff

 

Tiffany Scrogham – Director

 

Geneva Sharp, Stockton Branch

Sarah Jones – Branch Manager

Ben Campbell – Circulation Clerk and Cataloging

 Laura Deatrick -Circulation Clerk

Noah Young – Circulation Clerk

 

John D. Smith, El Dorado Springs Branch

Linda Jamison – Branch Manager

LeAnnis Fox – Circulation Clerk

Kathy Koca – Circulation Clerk and Cataloging

Linda Mann – Circulation Clerk

Ruth Leonard – Book Processor