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Main & South
Mon-Thu:
Fri-Sat:
Sun:
9:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m
CLOSED
Russiaville
Mon/Tue/Thu:
Wed:
Fri/Sat:
Sun:
9:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Closed
9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
CLOSED

*Russiaville is closed Wednesdays

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Main & South:

Russiaville:


*All branches are closed on Sundays between Memorial Day and Labor Day (May 26th-September 1st)
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Black and White photo of a large brick house

Poor Farm Residents 1860-1930

The county institution presently known as the Howard County Home has its origins in 1857, when county commissioners Willis Blanche, Harvey Brown and B.W. Gifford, looking for a facility to serve as a "permanent home for the helpless and unfortunate poor who must be cared for at public expense,"