Gonzales Library is moving and will be closed from November 25-beginning of February. Please join us on January 10, 2026 for the ribbon cutting for the new Gonzales Community Center at our new location at 630 Fifth Street!
Bookmobile services will be provided at Central Park. Please call the Soledad Branch at 831-386-6890 for assistance.
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING’S BIRTHDAY OBSERVED: On Saturday, January 17, all Monterey County Free Libraries locations, including Seaside, will be closed in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s. Birthday.
The Administrative Office and Seaside Branch will be closed on Monday, January 19, in observance of the holiday. All locations will reopen on Tuesday, January 20.
Online services are available 24/7.
King City Branch
402 Broadway St.
King City, CA 93930
(831) 386-6885
Toll-Free: (800) 322-6884
Email your branch: 611-kccirc@countyofmonterey.gov
Nura Agzamova-Turek
Branch Manager
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Hours
- Tuesday 11 am - 7 pm
- Wednesday 11 am - 7 pm
- Thursday 10 am - 6 pm
- Friday 10 am - 5 pm
- Saturday 10 am - 5 pm
Services
- Books, talking books on CD, DVDs and magazines for all ages
- Newspapers: Salinas Californian, King City Rustler
- Materials in English and Spanish
- E-books and E-audio
- Public computers with Internet, Microsoft Office, copy, scan, print, and fax
- Public meeting rooms(s) reservation at the library front desk and online.
- Free wireless Internet
- Microfilms of local newspaper King City Rustler
- Programs and events for children and adults, and much more
- Telescope
- Specialized programs: Story time, maker space, Greenfield Mobile Science Lab, Palo Alto Mobile Health Van for Veterans
- Homework Center
- Veterans Resource Center
- Local Friends group: Friends of the King City Library
- Try the Princh app on the App Store and Google Play Store for mobile devices and Princh Web app for printing straight from your browser.
Branch History
King City is an incorporated city located in the heart of the southern Salinas Valley. It was named after Charles Henry King, who developed the town on the site of the old Rancho San Lorenzo when the Southern Pacific railroad extended its line to that area in July 1886. Originally known as Kings City, the name was changed in 1890 when the local newspaper dropped the "s." On February 9, 1911, it was officially incorporated as "The City of King" and is commonly referred to as King City.
The first free public library in King City was established in 1913 and began offering services on February 10, 1914. Thanks to the City of King, the State of California, and the County of Monterey, the King City Library opened its doors at its current location in the former Bank of America building on November 6, 1997.
Building:
Library services began in 1914 and have been provided at its present location since 1997.Square Footage: 7,700
Administrative Office
188 Seaside Circle
Marina, CA 93933
Office Telephone: (831) 883-7573
Toll-free: (800) 322-6884