The Rockville Branch Library is located in the small community of
Rockville, Virginia, approximately twenty miles from the far west end of
Richmond. This rural area is fast becoming a suburb of Richmond, as many
city dwellers look for a slower paced life in this beautiful, rolling
countryside. The Rockville Branch Library helps to foster the vital
community spirit that is present.
Rockville was served for a number of years by the Pamunkey Regional
Library’s Bookmobile until the Rockville Woman’s Club, with help of the
Rockville Ruritan Club and other volunteers of the community, purchased
supplies, equipment, furniture and books, plus an old farm house to be
converted into the library. Hanover County and Pamunkey Regional Library
assumed financial responsibility and took charge on July 1, 1978. In
1985, the library moved with a staff of four to a new, colonial style
building donated by Mr. and Mrs. J. Harwood Cochrane.
More than twenty years from its opening, the Rockville Branch Library has
grown to a staff of ten, contains over 11,000 volumes, conducts four story
times per week and a summer reading program, has an active Friends
organization, and has the longest running book club in the county. Today the
Branch is still the hub of the Rockville community. It was conceived, built
and continues to be patronized by individuals and families who understand
the importance of service and learning.
