Curtis Township Library serves Curtis Township’s 1,087 residents
Curtis Township Library serves Curtis Township’s 1,087 residents.
Curtis Township’s library, in brief
Few programs for a library this size
Curtis Township Library offered 0 programs last year, 0 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60.
Open only about 15 hours a week
Curtis Township Library keeps short hours: about 15 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. Robert J. Parks Library in Oscoda Township, next door, is open about 47 hours a week. The building ↓
A small-town library
Curtis Township Library serves 1,087 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 ↓
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 Curtis Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Curtis Township is ahead of 72% of U.S. towns. Its library’s 2024 visits weren’t reported, so Curtis Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Curtis Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
The survey’s stand-in for Curtis Township’s 2024 visits carries forward a 2023 figure, so it is left out.
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 →
3 community nonprofits are registered in Curtis Township
2.8 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (1 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
17.7%
17.7% of Curtis Township’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 12.4% in the typical Michigan 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 Curtis Township’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 2 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Curtis Township Library serves 1,087 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Curtis Township Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: visits, print loans, books & media on the shelves, library cards, spending, funding and public computers. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
Find it
Curtis Township Library, 4884 Bamfield Road, Glennie.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Curtis Township resident borrows (the library didn’t report its card count for 2024).
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 resident’s month = the library’s yearly loans and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ the 1,087 people it serves ÷ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plainfield Township | Plainfield Township Library fine-free | 2.8 | 35 | A |
| Oscoda Township | Robert J. Parks Library fine-free | 2.8 | 47 | A |
| Curtis Township | Curtis Township Library fine-free | — | 15 | B+ |
| Mikado Township | Mikado Township Library fine-free | — | 16 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Mitchell Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Millen Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Mentor Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
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.
- Not reported for 2024: visits. Curtis Township Library didn’t report visits; the survey’s estimate carries forward its 2023 figure, so we leave it out and never rank it.
- Not reported for 2024: print loans, books & media on the shelves, library cards, spending, funding and public computers. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
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 Curtis Township
Does Curtis Township have a public library?
Yes. Curtis Township Library, 4884 Bamfield Road, serves Curtis Township’s 1,087 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 15 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Curtis Township Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Curtis Township’s library?
It lent 0.0 items per resident in 2024 (print). Visits weren’t reported for 2024.
What is Curtis Township’s civic life grade?
B+ Curtis Township is ahead of 72% 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 Curtis 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.