Nuview

The rural communities of Nuevo and Lakeview have enjoyed local library service for the better part of 90 years. During the 1920s a modest library collection was held in the John Harmon house at the corner of Lakeview and 9th. By the 1930s books were circulated from a small room in the Nuevo Grade School on Merrell Avenue. Later, the library was a cooperative effort between the Nuview School District and the Nuevo Women’s Club. In 1948, the Lakeview School was sold to the Nuevo-Lakeview Grange, which then hosted the library collection for over 20 years. For a while, books were loaned from the Lakeview Baptist Church on Hansen Avenue. The Friends of the Nuview Public Library was founded during a budget crisis in 1978 and they kept the library open a few hours a week. In January of 1979, a small library with 4,800 items was dedicated in a converted house near the Nuevo Shopping Center on Nuevo Road. In 1995 the library was moved to its current site on land donated by local farmers and library benefactors, Fred and Arlene Mauel. 

Today, Nuview Library is located at the corner of Lakeview Ave. and 10th St. It houses over 10,000 items and offers six public access computers along with free WiFi. Weekly programs for adults and children are offered year-round, including Story Time, Summer Reading Program and craft hours.