Buena Vista Township has no public library of its own; the nearest is Rushville Public Library in Rushville, 3 miles away
Buena Vista Township doesn’t have a public library of its own. The closest is Rushville Public Library in Rushville, 3 miles away. Many small-town libraries give cards to neighbors, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead.
ACivic lifeAhead of 86% of U.S. towns. Nonprofits and volunteering.Libraries for Buena Vista Township, in brief
Buena Vista Township borrows from the libraries next door
Buena Vista Township has no public library of its own, but Rushville Public Library is 3 miles away in Rushville. Many small-town libraries give cards to people from neighboring towns, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead. Nearest libraries ↓
Buena Vista Township isn’t the only town nearby without one
Littleton Township, Woodstock Township and Camden Township don’t have a public library of their own either. Among the towns next door, Rushville Township (Rushville Public Library) does. Libraries next door ↓
The closest isn’t the one open longest
Rushville Public Library is nearest, open about 36 hours a week. Brown County Public Library District, 13 miles away, is open about 50 hours a week, so it may be easier to fit in. Nearest libraries ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Distances are straight-line from the town center.
What’s behind Buena Vista Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Buena Vista Township is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns. Buena Vista Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups ranks highest.
Civic life counts registered nonprofits, library visits and online volunteering groups, so it can miss civic life that runs through congregations, mutual aid or neighbors looking out for each other.
Library visits: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024. Nonprofits: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, October 2026. Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. How TownRatings grades civic life →
12 community nonprofits are registered in Buena Vista Township
5.4 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
9.8%
9.8% of Buena Vista Township’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.1% in the typical Illinois town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Buena Vista Township’s residents live; 2022.
The closest is 3 miles away
Closest first, measured from the center of Buena Vista Township. Each one’s hours, and whether it charges late fines.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushville Township | Rushville Public Library fine-free | 8.5 | 36 | A |
| Littleton Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Woodstock Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Camden Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average; libraries are compared with others serving about as many people. How TownRatings uses library figures →
Questions about the library and civic life in Buena Vista Township
Does Buena Vista Township have a public library?
No. The closest is Rushville Public Library in Rushville, 3 miles from the town center. Many libraries give cards to people from neighboring towns, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead.
What is Buena Vista Township’s civic life grade?
A Buena Vista Township is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns on civic life. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Buena Vista Township.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.