Page Contents for Preston, Minnesota

Statistics & Facts

Libraries.

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Statistics & Facts

The Minnesota state capital is St. Paul.
The population of Preston is approximately 1,530 (1990), 1325 (2010).
The approximate number of families is 613 (1990), 603 (2010).
The amount of land area in Preston is 5.917 sq. kilometers.
The amount of surface water is 0 sq kilometers.
The distance from Preston to Washington DC is 889 miles.
The distance to the Minnesota state capital is 108 miles. (as the crow flies)
Preston is positioned 43.67 degrees north of the equator and 92.08 degrees west of the prime meridian.

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Preston Libraries

Preston Public Library
101 St. Paul Street
P.O. Box 198
Preston, Minnesota
Phone: (507) 765-4511
Email: janene@selco.lib.mn.us
hours: Mon &Wed 2-6, 7-9 pm, Tue 10am-5pm, Thur 2-5pm, Fri 10am-6pm
librarian: Janene Roessler and Elizabeth Anderson
Web page is http://www.selco.lib.mn.us/preston.html

We have an Internet station available on a first-come-first serve basis.
Our collection contains over 19,000 items, including more than 800 videos.
Preschool story hours and summer reading programs are offered.
The library was established in 1908, so we are celebrating our 90th anniversary this year.
We have recently remodeled and expanded the original Carnegie library to 3,000 square feet.
Our membership in the regional SELCO (Southeastern Libraries Cooperating)allows us to order materials from over thirty public libraries, plus many school and academic libraries nationwide.