The Richard H. Thornton Library serves 60,860 residents in the city of Oxford in Granville County. It is the main location of the Granville County Library System, located in downtown Oxford. The library maintains a collection of 135,945 volumes and circulates approximately 209,700 items per year, including children's materials, audiobooks, DVDs, videos, and reference materials. It also has an extensive collection of local history & genealogy resources housed in the North Carolina Room. The library offers meeting rooms, WiFi, public computers with internet and word processing features, notary public services, proctoring services, and programming for all ages.