Photo: Nyttend · Public domainDamascus Township’s library is a branch of Napoleon Public Library, which lends more per resident than 76% of systems its size
Damascus Township’s library is the Mcclure Community Library, a branch of Napoleon Public Library, which serves 14,361 people and lent 115K items last year.
Damascus Township’s library, in brief
Ohio pays a big share
57% of the budget comes from the state, and 37% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Open only about 15 hours a week
The Damascus Township branch keeps short hours: about 15 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
People borrow more than they stay
Borrowing per resident is higher than at 76% of similar-size libraries, but visits are lower than at 74%. People come in, pick up their books and go. How it compares ↓
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; Damascus Township’s library is a branch of Napoleon Public Library, so they cover the whole system (14,361 people), not just the Damascus Township branch.
What’s behind Damascus Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Damascus Township is ahead of 75% of U.S. towns. Damascus Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Damascus Township’s count of community nonprofits 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 →
5 community nonprofits are registered in Damascus Township
3.0 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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
18.1%
18.1% of Damascus Township’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.5% in the typical Ohio 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 Damascus Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Napoleon Public Library serves 14,361 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 29 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Napoleon Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
115K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
20,155 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 4 kids’ programs a week
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.
Find it
Mcclure Community Library, 110 Cross St., Mcclure.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Napoleon Public Library branch.
New in Damascus Township? 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 $2.29 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Damascus Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $758K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.7M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $758K budget.
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 cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 8,010 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damascus Township | Mcclure Community Library fine-free | — | 15 | B+ |
| Weston Township | Weston Public Library fine-free | — | 40 | A− |
| Washington Township | None of its own | — | — | A+ |
| Richfield Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Harrison 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. Mcclure Community Library is one branch of Napoleon Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 14,361 people it serves.
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 Damascus Township
Does Damascus Township have a public library?
Yes: Mcclure Community Library, 110 Cross St., is a branch of Napoleon Public Library, which serves 14,361 people. The branch is open about 15 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Napoleon Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Damascus Township’s library?
It logged 1.8 visits and lent 8.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Damascus Township’s civic life grade?
B+ Damascus Township is ahead of 75% 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 Damascus 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.