Logan Township’s library is a branch of Lawrenceburg Public Library District, which lends more per resident than 54% of systems its size
Logan Township’s library is the North Dearborn Branch Library, a branch of Lawrenceburg Public Library District, which serves 33,739 people and lent 231K items last year.
What stands out about North Dearborn Branch Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Logan Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Logan Township is ahead of 42% of U.S. towns, #391 of 571 in Indiana. Logan Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Logan Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($89K–$148K) 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 →
10 community nonprofits are registered in Logan Township
2.5 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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.
8.9%
8.9% of Logan 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 Logan Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 8 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Lawrenceburg Public Library District serves 33,739 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 39 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Lawrenceburg Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
41% of borrowing is digital
231K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
94,546 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
North Dearborn Branch Library, 25969 Dole Road, West Harrison.
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 Lawrenceburg Public Library District branch.
New in Logan Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.76 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Logan Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.2M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $3.8M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.2M 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 14,454 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Township | North Dearborn Branch Library fine-free | — | 47 | C+ |
| Harrison Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Kelso Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
| Miller Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Whitewater Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| St. Leon | 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. North Dearborn Branch Library is one branch of Lawrenceburg Public Library District, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 33,739 people it serves.
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 Logan Township
Does Logan Township have a public library?
Yes: North Dearborn Branch Library, 25969 Dole Road, is a branch of Lawrenceburg Public Library District, which serves 33,739 people. The branch is open about 47 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Lawrenceburg Public Library District 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 Logan Township’s library?
It logged 3.4 visits and lent 6.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Logan Township’s civic life grade?
C+ Logan Township is ahead of 42% of U.S. towns on civic life, #391 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 Logan 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.