Corydon Battle Site · Photo: Bedford at English Wikipedia · Public domainHarrison Township’s library runs 23 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
Harrison County Public Library serves 39,654 people in and around Harrison Township from 2 locations. Last year it lent 302K books, movies and e-books and logged 96K visits.
What stands out about Harrison County Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Harrison Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Harrison Township is ahead of 67% of U.S. towns, #201 of 571 in Indiana. Harrison Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Harrison Township’s count of community nonprofits 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 →
62 community nonprofits are registered in Harrison Township
4.6 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 (22 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
8.1%
8.1% of Harrison Township’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 9.1% in the typical Indiana 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 Harrison Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Harrison County Public Library serves 39,654 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 23 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Harrison County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
302K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
73,489 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 9 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
2 places to borrow in Harrison Township
Harrison County Public Library, 105 North Capitol Avenue, Corydon.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Harrison County Public Library branch.
New in Harrison Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other Harrison County Public Library branches in Harrison Township
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.75 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Harrison Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.8M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $4.9M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.8M budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
Retail prices are typical, rounded down: a new book $17, a kids’ book $12, an e-book or e-audiobook $15, a movie rental $4, a class or program $10, a computer or Wi-Fi session $3. The average cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 34,191 cardholders ÷ 12.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Township | Harrison County Public Library fine-free | — | 58 | B+ |
| Franklin Township | Lanesville Branch Library fine-free | — | 46 | B+ |
| Jennings Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Webster Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Spencer Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Boone Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Jackson Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Heth Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
| Washington 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.
- System-wide. Harrison County Public Library serves 39,654 people in and around Harrison Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Harrison Township.
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 Harrison Township
Does Harrison Township have a public library?
Yes. Harrison County Public Library, 105 North Capitol Avenue, serves 39,654 people in and around Harrison Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 58 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Harrison County Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Harrison Township’s library?
It logged 2.4 visits and lent 7.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Harrison Township’s civic life grade?
B+ Harrison Township is ahead of 67% of U.S. towns on civic life, #201 of 571 in Indiana. 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 Harrison 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.