Photo: Ken Gallager · CC BY-SA 3.0Dennysville’s library lends 0.4 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Lincoln Memorial Public Library - Dennysville serves Dennysville’s 1,047 residents. Last year it lent 461 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,698 visits.
The short version on Dennysville’s library
Lincoln Memorial Public Library - Dennysville is used less than most libraries its size
Lincoln Memorial Public Library - Dennysville records 1.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 0.4 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $9 per resident, against a typical $54. How it compares ↓
Open only about 8 hours a week
Lincoln Memorial Public Library - Dennysville keeps short hours: about 8 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
56% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 44%. What your card is worth ↓
A small-town library
Lincoln Memorial Public Library - Dennysville serves 1,047 residents with about one full-time staff. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
Most programs are for young children
78% of the 54 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 0 for ages 0–5. 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 Dennysville’s civic life grade
Dennysville 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Lincoln Memorial Public Library - Dennysville serves 1,047 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 1 item goes out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
461 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 7,141 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
54 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Lincoln Memorial Library - Dennysville, 17 King Street, Dennysville.
Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Dennysville? 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 $1.11 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Dennysville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $9,754.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $11K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $9,754 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 356 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pembroke | Pembroke Library fine-free | 2.6 | 15 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Dennysville | Lincoln Memorial Library - Dennysville | 0.4 | 8 | — 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 Dennysville
Does Dennysville have a public library?
Yes. Lincoln Memorial Public Library - Dennysville, 17 King Street, serves Dennysville’s 1,047 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 8 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Lincoln Memorial Public Library - Dennysville fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Dennysville’s library?
It logged 1.6 visits and lent 0.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Dennysville’s civic life grade?
Dennysville 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 Dennysville.
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.