First Union Protestant Church of Mountain View · Photo: OneEagle · CC BY-SA 4.0Bellmont has no public library of its own; the nearest is The Wead Library in Malone, 9.9 miles away
Bellmont doesn’t have a public library of its own. The closest is The Wead Library in Malone, 9.9 miles away. Many small-town libraries give cards to neighbors, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead.
A−Civic lifeAhead of 79% of U.S. towns. Nonprofits and volunteering.Getting a library card from Bellmont
Bellmont borrows from the libraries next door
Bellmont has no public library of its own, but The Wead Library is 9.9 miles away in Malone. Many small-town libraries give cards to people from neighboring towns, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead. Nearest libraries ↓
Bellmont isn’t the only town nearby without one
Franklin, Dannemora and Burke don’t have a public library of their own either. Among the towns next door, Malone (The Wead Library), Ellenburg (Ellenburg Sarah A. Munsil Free Library) and Chateaugay (Chateaugay Memorial Library) do. Libraries next door ↓
The nearby libraries are all fine-free
None of the four closest libraries charges late fines. Nearest libraries ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Distances are straight-line from the town center.
What’s behind Bellmont’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Bellmont is ahead of 79% of U.S. towns. Bellmont is graded on two of the three inputs. Bellmont’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 →
12 community nonprofits are registered in Bellmont
9.9 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: environment & animals.
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.
7.1%
7.1% of Bellmont’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 7.4% in the typical New York 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 Bellmont’s residents live; 2022.
The closest is 9.9 miles away
Closest first, measured from the center of Bellmont. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellenburg | Ellenburg Sarah A. Munsil Free Library fine-free | 1.9 | 19 | C− |
| Saranac | Dannemora Free Library fine-free | 0.7 | 25 | C− |
| Malone | The Wead Library fine-free | — | 44 | B− |
| Chateaugay | Chateaugay Memorial Library fine-free | — | 25 | C+ |
| Franklin | None of its own | — | — | A− |
| Dannemora | None of its own | — | — | — too few inputs |
| Burke | None of its own | — | — | A− |
| Duane | 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 Bellmont
Does Bellmont have a public library?
No. The closest is The Wead Library in Malone, 9.9 miles from the town center. Many libraries give cards to people from neighboring towns, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead.
What is Bellmont’s civic life grade?
A− Bellmont is ahead of 79% 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 Bellmont.
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.