The Plymouth Public Library has served Plymouth, Wisconsin, since 1871. In 1913 Plymouth purchased the land for the present library location. Funds for the purchase came from $3,001 raised by the Plymouth’s Woman’s Club, a $10,000 Andrew Carnegie grant, and the City of Plymouth. In 1915 the new library location opened in 1915. The building was 5,400 square feet and cost $12,500. In 1988 the Plymouth Public Library board was awarded a $125,000 LSCA (Library Construction and Service Act) Title II grant. The library expanded its building to 16,790 total square feet and moved its main entrance from E Main Street to Division Street.
River Valley is a consolidated school district comprised of 12 towns and four villages (Arena, Lone Rock, Plain, and Spring Green) located in four different counties (Sauk, Iowa, Richland, and Dane) and is one of the larger geographic school districts in Wisconsin (296 geographic square miles). The district name was selected because the district boundaries are on both sides of the Wisconsin River Valley.