Photo: ADKMatthew · CC BY-SA 4.0Hill City Township’s library logs 6.1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Graham County Public Library serves 2,376 people in and around Hill City Township. Last year it lent 11K books, movies and e-books and logged 15K visits.
What stands out about Graham County Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Hill City Township’s civic life grade
Hill City Township isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Graham County Public Library serves 2,376 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Graham County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
11K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
2,337 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program 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.
Find it
Graham County Public Library, 414 N West, Hill City.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Graham County Public Library branch.
New in Hill City 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 $1.44 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Hill City Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $119K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $171K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $119K 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 1,213 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hill City Township | Graham County Public Library fine-free | — | 40 | — graded with its twin city |
| Millbrook Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Wildhorse Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Gettysburg Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Graham Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Nicodemus 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. Graham County Public Library serves 2,376 people in and around Hill City Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Hill City 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 Hill City Township
Does Hill City Township have a public library?
Yes. Graham County Public Library, 414 N West, serves 2,376 people in and around Hill City Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Graham 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 Hill City Township’s library?
It logged 6.1 visits and lent 4.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Hill City Township’s civic life grade?
Hill City Township isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Hill City 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.