Pleasant Home · Photo: George Maher architect, photographer unknown · Public domainPalmyra Township has no public library of its own; the nearest is Dixon Public Library in Dixon, 5 miles away
Palmyra Township doesn’t have a public library of its own. The closest is Dixon Public Library in Dixon, 5 miles away. Many small-town libraries give cards to neighbors, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead.
C−Civic lifeAhead of 16% of U.S. towns · #626 of 754 in Illinois. Nonprofits and volunteering.Libraries for Palmyra Township, in brief
Palmyra Township borrows from the libraries next door
Palmyra Township has no public library of its own, but four libraries are within 10 miles, the closest being Dixon Public Library in Dixon (5 miles). Many small-town libraries give cards to people from neighboring towns, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead. Nearest libraries ↓
Palmyra Township isn’t the only town nearby without one
Nelson Township, Woosung Township and Jordan Township don’t have a public library of their own either. Among the towns next door, Sterling Township (Sterling Public Library) and Dixon Township (Dixon Public Library) do. Libraries next door ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Distances are straight-line from the town center.
What’s behind Palmyra Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Palmyra Township is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns, #626 of 754 in Illinois. Palmyra Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Palmyra Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($70K–$117K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
Palmyra Township has few registered community nonprofits
0.0 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: arts & culture.
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 (0 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
7.8%
7.8% of Palmyra 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 Palmyra Township’s residents live; 2022.
The closest is 5 miles away
Closest first, measured from the center of Palmyra 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixon Township | Dixon Public Library fine-free | 7.6 | 53 | — graded with its twin city |
| Sterling Township | Sterling Public Library | 5.1 | 49 | — graded with its twin city |
| Nelson Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Woosung Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Jordan 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 Palmyra Township
Does Palmyra Township have a public library?
No. The closest is Dixon Public Library in Dixon, 5 miles from the town center. Many libraries give cards to people from neighboring towns, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead.
What is Palmyra Township’s civic life grade?
C− Palmyra Township is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns on civic life, #626 of 754 in Illinois. 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 Palmyra 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.