John L. Fead House · Photo: Jsokolo · CC BY-SA 3.0Lexington Township’s library logs 1.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Moore Public Library serves 4,398 people in and around Lexington Township. Last year it lent 15K books, movies and e-books and logged 6,456 visits.
What Lexington Township’s library is like
The branch is a National Register landmark
John Divine Law Office/Moore Public Library has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1985. Today’s library there has 3,750 square feet. The building ↓
Programs lean toward adults
59% of the 92 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 35 were for children. 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; Moore Public Library serves 4,398 people in and around Lexington Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Lexington Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Lexington Township is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns, #102 of 697 in Michigan. Lexington Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups ranks highest.
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 →
15 community nonprofits are registered in Lexington Township
4.2 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: arts & culture.
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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
13.6%
13.6% of Lexington 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 Lexington Township’s residents live; 2022.
A National Register landmark since 1985
Moore Public Library, 7239 Huron Avenue, Lexington.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Moore Public Library branch.
New in Lexington Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
John Divine Law Office/Moore Public Library
Divine, John, Law Office/Moore Public Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jan 31, 1985. It is significant for its education and architecture at the local level. Its architecture is described as Italianate and Classical.
The Moore Public Library is a library building located at 7239 Huron Avenue Lexington, Michigan. The building was formerly a professional office, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
More about the building →Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Moore Public Library serves 4,398 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 Moore Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
15K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
3,824 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
92 programs a year
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.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.74 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Lexington Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $143K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $249K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $143K 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 2,210 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington Township | Moore Public Library | — | 37 | A |
| Lexington | Moore Public Library | — | 37 | — graded with its twin city |
| Buel Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
| Worth Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
| Washington Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
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. Moore Public Library serves 4,398 people in and around Lexington Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Lexington 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 Lexington Township
Does Lexington Township have a public library?
Yes. Moore Public Library, 7239 Huron Avenue, serves 4,398 people in and around Lexington Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 37 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Moore Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Lexington Township’s library?
It logged 1.5 visits and lent 3.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Lexington Township’s civic life grade?
A Lexington Township is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns on civic life, #102 of 697 in Michigan. 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 Lexington 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. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places; photo via Wikimedia Commons. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.