[3] The first known public library in Anne Arundel County opened on Jan. 8, 1921, located inside Annapolis City Hall.

[4] The Glen Burnie Free Public Library opened in 1923 in a Masonic Temple located on Crain Highway.

The Farmers Bank of Maryland deeded the property to the Public Library Association of Anne Arundel County from 1939-1974.

Later, the Glen Burnie library moved to a house on Cotter Road in the Harundale neighborhood.

The North County library opened at 1010 Eastway, an access road parallel to Route 2, in 1969.

[11] The first library in Severna Park was located in the former Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad Station building beginning in 1960.

[15][16] AACPL is governed by a board of trustees composed of 17 volunteer members, directors, and executive committee officers.