Cormorant Township has no public library of its own; the nearest is Hawley Library in Hawley, 12.2 miles away
Cormorant Township doesn’t have a public library of its own. The closest is Hawley Library in Hawley, 12.2 miles away. Many small-town libraries give cards to neighbors, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead.
B+Civic lifeAhead of 70% of U.S. towns. Nonprofits and volunteering.Getting a library card from Cormorant Township
The nearest library is 12 miles from Cormorant Township
Cormorant Township has no public library of its own, and the closest, Hawley Library in Hawley, is 12 miles from the town center. The next nearest is Detroit Lakes Library, 12 miles away. Nearest libraries ↓
Cormorant Township isn’t the only town nearby without one
Lake Park Township, Scambler Township and Parke Township don’t have a public library of their own either. Libraries next door ↓
The closest isn’t the one open longest
Hawley Library is nearest, open about 31 hours a week. Detroit Lakes Library, 12 miles away, is open about 53 hours a week, so it may be easier to fit in. Nearest libraries ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Distances are straight-line from the town center.
What’s behind Cormorant Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Cormorant Township is ahead of 70% of U.S. towns. Cormorant Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Cormorant 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 →
6 community nonprofits are registered in Cormorant 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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
7.4%
7.4% of Cormorant Township’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 7.4% in the typical Minnesota 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 Cormorant Township’s residents live; 2022.
The closest is 12.2 miles away
Closest first, measured from the center of Cormorant Township. Each one’s hours, and whether it charges late fines.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Park Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Scambler Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Parke Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Lake Eunice Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Eglon 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 Cormorant Township
Does Cormorant Township have a public library?
No. The closest is Hawley Library in Hawley, 12.2 miles from the town center. Many libraries give cards to people from neighboring towns, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead.
What is Cormorant Township’s civic life grade?
B+ Cormorant Township is ahead of 70% 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 Cormorant 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.