The Marysville Public Library had its beginning in 1867, when a group of enterprising businessmen formed the Marysville Literary and Library Association.  In 1868 the organization was incorporated.  The library continued to serve the community until 1895 when they closed the library doors due to lack of funding.  In 1897 the Women's Parliament began the work of reorganizing the Marysville Literary and Library Association.  The library collection was housed in two rooms in City Hall until the administration of the Library was passed to the Marysville School District and the Carnegie Library Building was built in 1910.

The Carnegie Library Building was the home of the Marysville Main Public Library on South Court Street until 1988, when the Main Library moved into the present location at 231 South Plum Street in Marysville.

Meanwhile, in the village of Raymond in 1923, the Raymond Public Library was started by the Country Culture Club. The library was located in private homes and small shops through the years with book donations from the entire community. In 1938 the library's administration passed to the Raymond School Board and it began receiving aid from the State of Ohio. By 1940 the Farmers Cooperative Creamery Building was donated for a library. Additions to this original structure were made through the hard work and donations of the citizens of the Raymond area and the building still serves its community. The Raymond School and Raymond Public Library were annexed by the Marysville School District in 1964, and the Raymond Public Library became the Raymond Branch of the Marysville Public Library.

In October of 2000 the Marysville Public Library system joined the Central Library Consortium, which provides access to over 1,000,000 items from Grandview Heights, Plain City, Fairfield County, Pickerington, Pickaway County and Wagnalls Memorial in Lithopolis. Also in 2000, the Board of Trustees engaged a consultant to evaluate library services at both locations.  As a result of the recommendations from that consultancy, the Board reorganized the administration of the Library system with emphasis on leadership, vision and professional library services. 

Since the reorganization, the Marysville Public Library Main and Raymond Branch have become even more important to and integrated with the community that they serve.  The Library is a player in community development and planning, has grown partnerships with the schools, social service agencies, local business and industry and become a leading provider of adult education and support agency for family literacy.  By all measures of library success, from circulation (increased 50% over the past five years) to program attendance to web access, the Marysville Public Library has described a steep arc upward toward realizing it's place as a community center for learning, entertainment and quality cultural programs.

With the passage of the first-ever operating levy in 2004, the Library is assured resources with which to realize its loftiest goals in serving our community.  

In 2007, in library used about $500,000 from the building fund to renovate the main library.  The lower level storage area was transformed into administrative offices, a second meeting room and an audio visual department.  This provided an additional 8,000 square feet of public space.  Additional parking spaces and several updates were also part of the eight month project.

The Marysville Public Library will strive to be the most responsible and responsive recipient of its community's trust.  All signs point to a future in which the ambitious dreams of the staff, Board and community of Library users will be realized.