Neosho River Bridge · Photo: SharonPapierdreams · CC BY-SA 4.0Lincoln Township’s library is a branch of Coffey County Library, which lends more per resident than 90% of systems its size
Lincoln Township’s library is the Lebo, a branch of Coffey County Library, which serves 8,251 people and lent 118K items last year.
The short version on Lincoln Township’s library
More library cards than residents
14,088 cards for 8,251 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, it’s 42%. How it compares ↓
Eight times the programs of a typical library its size
The Coffey County Library system ran 2,186 programs last year, about 42 a week. That’s 265 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34. People show up: 34,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
One of the busiest library systems its size
The Coffey County Library system logs 15 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, and lends 9.6 print items per resident against a typical 3.8. On both counts it beats 90% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 4.7 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 96% of similar-size libraries. It’s 33% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
A well-funded system
The Coffey County Library system spends $181 per resident a year, about four times the typical $43 for a library its size. Almost all of it (97%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
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; Lincoln Township’s library is a branch of Coffey County Library, so they cover the whole system (8,251 people), not just the Lincoln Township branch.
What’s behind Lincoln Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Lincoln Township is ahead of 69% of U.S. towns. Lincoln Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Lincoln Township’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
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 Lincoln Township
5.7 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.
7.3%
7.3% of Lincoln Township’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.7% in the typical Kansas 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 Lincoln Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 23 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 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Coffey County Library serves 8,251 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 8 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Coffey County Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
118K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
38,667 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Lebo, 327 Ogden, Lebo.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Coffey County Library branch.
New in Lincoln 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 $1.59 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Lincoln Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.5M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.4M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.5M 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 14,088 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Township | Lebo fine-free | — | 42 | B+ |
| Pleasant Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Jackson Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Arvonia 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. Lebo is one branch of Coffey County Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 8,251 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 Lincoln Township
Does Lincoln Township have a public library?
Yes: Lebo, 327 Ogden, is a branch of Coffey County Library, which serves 8,251 people. The branch is open about 42 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Coffey County 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 Lincoln Township’s library?
It logged 14.7 visits and lent 14.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Lincoln Township’s civic life grade?
B+ Lincoln Township is ahead of 69% 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 Lincoln 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.