Photo: National Park Service · Public domainMedicine Lodge Township’s library logs 15 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Lincoln Library serves Medicine Lodge Township’s 1,707 residents. Last year it lent 25K books, movies and e-books and logged 25K visits.
What Medicine Lodge Township’s library is like
Medicine Lodge Township uses its library more than almost any town its size
Lincoln Library logs 15 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, and lends 12 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 91% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Most programs are for young children
77% of the 233 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 46 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Kids borrow more here than almost anywhere
Children’s books and media are 44% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 89% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 22 items per child in Medicine Lodge Township last year. 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Medicine Lodge Township’s civic life grade
Medicine Lodge 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 →
Every hour the doors are open, about 10 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Lincoln Library serves 1,707 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
25K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 23K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.9 time last year, on average.
4,504 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 3 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Medicine Lodge Township last year.
Find it
Lincoln Library, 201 N. Main, Medicine Lodge.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Medicine Lodge 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 $2.29 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Medicine Lodge Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $176K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $402K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $176K 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 1,120 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine Lodge Township | Lincoln Library fine-free | 14.6 | 47 | — graded with its twin city |
| Mingona Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Moore Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Valley Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Eagle Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Sharon Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Elm Mills Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Liberty 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.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Medicine Lodge Township
Does Medicine Lodge Township have a public library?
Yes. Lincoln Library, 201 N. Main, serves Medicine Lodge Township’s 1,707 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 47 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Lincoln 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 Medicine Lodge Township’s library?
It logged 14.9 visits and lent 14.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Medicine Lodge Township’s civic life grade?
Medicine Lodge 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 Medicine Lodge 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.