Photo: Nyttend · Public domainSmithfield Township’s library is a branch of Public Library of Steubenville & Jefferson County, which lends more per resident than 57% of systems its size
Smithfield Township’s library is the Adena Branch, a branch of Public Library of Steubenville & Jefferson County, which serves 65,249 people and lent 358K items last year.
What stands out about Adena Branch
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Smithfield Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Smithfield Township is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns, #106 of 914 in Ohio. Smithfield 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 Smithfield Township
5.2 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 (4 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
10.5%
10.5% of Smithfield 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 Smithfield Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Public Library of Steubenville & Jefferson County serves 65,249 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 19 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Public Library of Steubenville & Jefferson County system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
358K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
65,491 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 8 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.
2 places to borrow in Smithfield Township
Adena Branch, 167 Hanna Ave, Adena.
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 Public Library of Steubenville & Jefferson County branch.
New in Smithfield Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other Public Library of Steubenville & Jefferson County branches in Smithfield Township
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.51 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Smithfield Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $3.8M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $5.7M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $3.8M 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 22,547 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smithfield Township | Adena Branch fine-free | — | 35 | A |
| Warren Township | Tiltonsville Branch fine-free | — | 43 | B− |
| Wells Township | Brilliant Branch fine-free | — | 35 | A |
| Dillonvale | Dillonvale-Mount Pleasant Branch fine-free | — | 35 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Mount Pleasant Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
| Wayne Township | None of its own | — | — | A+ |
| Short Creek Township | None of its own | — | — | — graded with its twin city |
| Green 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.
- System-wide. Adena Branch is one branch of Public Library of Steubenville & Jefferson County, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 65,249 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 Smithfield Township
Does Smithfield Township have a public library?
Yes: Adena Branch, 167 Hanna Ave, is a branch of Public Library of Steubenville & Jefferson County, which serves 65,249 people. The branch is open about 35 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Public Library of Steubenville & Jefferson County 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 Smithfield Township’s library?
It logged 2.0 visits and lent 5.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Smithfield Township’s civic life grade?
A Smithfield Township is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns on civic life, #106 of 914 in Ohio. 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 Smithfield 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.