The Beaufort County Library's Hilton Head branch on Beach City Road, open six days a week with a PC lab, study rooms and a children's room.
The Hilton Head Island Branch Library is at 11 Beach City Road, part of the Beaufort County Library system. It has adult, teen and children's collections, DVDs, Playaways and local history materials, plus a PC lab, study rooms, meeting rooms, Wi-Fi, copying, scanning and printing. You can also check out a South Carolina state park pass. The parking lot is free.
The branch is open Monday to Thursday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and closed Sundays. Library cards are free for Beaufort County residents. Main desk (843) 255-6526, reference (843) 255-6525, children's (843) 255-6529.
Visitors can use the building, the Wi-Fi and the reading rooms, which makes it a dry place to spend an hour on a rainy vacation day. Borrowing needs a card, so ask at the desk what a short-stay guest can get. For the island's other mailing and records offices, see the Hilton Head post offices.
The Heritage Library Foundation, on Corpus Christi Place, is a different kind of library: a private non-profit that keeps Hilton Head Island and Lowcountry history and helps people trace their family trees. It has access to genealogy services including Ancestry, Fold3, American Ancestors and HeritageQuest, and is affiliated with the LDS Family History Library. The Foundation also owns Fort Mitchel in Hilton Head Plantation and the Zion Chapel of Ease Cemetery and Baynard Mausoleum. For borrowing books, use the county branch above.
History and genealogy
A private non-profit library of island history and family-history records. It is not a public library and does not lend like the county branch.
Town of Hilton Head Island: Town Hall's address and hours, business licenses, Town Council and elections, building permits and public services.
Hilton Head Island's three post offices on Bow Circle, William Hilton Parkway and in Sea Pines, with hours, zip codes, directions and ratings.
Hilton Head Island's zip codes: 29928 for the south end and Sea Pines, 29926 for the north end, PO Box zips 29925 and 29938, and area codes 843 and 854.
Bluffton Branch Library at 120 Palmetto Way: hours, free county library cards, study rooms, Wi-Fi and the children's playroom.
The Hilton Head Island Branch Library is at 11 Beach City Road, Hilton Head Island, SC 29926. The main desk number is (843) 255-6526.
Monday to Thursday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Sunday.
Cards are free for Beaufort County residents and are needed to borrow items. The Wi-Fi, study rooms and reading areas are open to anyone in the building.
No. The Heritage Library Foundation is a private non-profit history and genealogy library. The public library is the Beaufort County branch on Beach City Road.
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