Skelton Township’s library is a branch of Boonville-Warrick County Public Library, which lends less per resident than 54% of systems its size
Skelton Township’s library is the Tennyson Branch Library, a branch of Boonville-Warrick County Public Library, which serves 22,660 people and lent 108K items last year.
The short version on Skelton Township’s library
More library cards than residents
23,249 cards for 22,660 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, it’s 40%. How it compares ↓
Three times the programs of a typical library its size
The Boonville-Warrick County Public Library system ran 1,530 programs last year, about 29 a week. That’s 68 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24. People show up: 23,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024; Skelton Township’s library is a branch of Boonville-Warrick County Public Library, so they cover the whole system (22,660 people), not just the Skelton Township branch.
What’s behind Skelton Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Skelton Township is ahead of 92% of U.S. towns. Skelton 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 →
7 community nonprofits are registered in Skelton Township
5.9 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
10.7%
10.7% of Skelton 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 Skelton Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 14 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 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Boonville-Warrick County Public Library serves 22,660 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 16 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Boonville-Warrick County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
108K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
24,908 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Tennyson Branch Library, 318 North Main Street, Tennyson.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Boonville-Warrick County Public Library branch.
New in Skelton 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 $1.73 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Skelton Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.8M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1M budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 23,249 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skelton Township | Tennyson Branch Library | — | 24 | A |
| Grass Township | Chrisney Branch fine-free | — | 32 | A+ |
| Boon Township | Boonville-Warrick County Public Library | — | 52 | B+ |
| Jackson Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Owen Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Pigeon Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
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. Tennyson Branch Library is one branch of Boonville-Warrick County Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 22,660 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 Skelton Township
Does Skelton Township have a public library?
Yes: Tennyson Branch Library, 318 North Main Street, is a branch of Boonville-Warrick County Public Library, which serves 22,660 people. The branch is open about 24 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Boonville-Warrick County Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Skelton Township’s library?
It logged 2.6 visits and lent 4.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Skelton Township’s civic life grade?
A Skelton Township is ahead of 92% 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 Skelton 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.