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The Kirkland Town Library is located at 55 1⁄2 College St., Clinton, New York. It was founded in 1901 and occupies what was once the Sigma Phi fraternity house at Hamilton College. Elihu Root, a Hamilton alumnus and native of Clinton, at the time Secretary of War under President McKinley, was instrumental in helping the library get started.

At different times, the Clinton Historical Society and the Kirkland Art Center housed their collections in the library building, but both have since been relocated to repurposed church buildings in Clinton.

In 2013, the library had 71,552 visits, 100,657 circulated items, and 5,500 answered reference questions.