Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Decatur Township has no public library of its own; the nearest is Holt Memorial Library in Philipsburg, 4.7 miles away
Decatur Township doesn’t have a public library of its own. The closest is Holt Memorial Library in Philipsburg, 4.7 miles away. Many small-town libraries give cards to neighbors, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead.
BCivic lifeAhead of 64% of U.S. towns · #197 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. Nonprofits and volunteering.Libraries for Decatur Township, in brief
Decatur Township borrows from the libraries next door
Decatur Township has no public library of its own, but Holt Memorial Library is 4.7 miles away in Philipsburg. Many small-town libraries give cards to people from neighboring towns, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead. Nearest libraries ↓
Decatur Township isn’t the only town nearby without one
Rush Township, Woodward Township and Chester Hill don’t have a public library of their own either. Among the towns next door, Philipsburg (Holt Memorial Library) does. Libraries next door ↓
The closest isn’t the one open longest
Holt Memorial Library is nearest, open about 32 hours a week. Curwensville Public Library, 13 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 Decatur Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Decatur Township is ahead of 64% of U.S. towns, #197 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. Decatur Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Decatur 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 →
20 community nonprofits are registered in Decatur Township
5.5 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 (6 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
7.0%
7.0% of Decatur Township’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 7.0% in the typical Pennsylvania 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 Decatur Township’s residents live; 2022.
The closest is 4.7 miles away
Closest first, measured from the center of Decatur 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philipsburg | Holt Memorial Library fine-free | — | 32 | B− |
| Rush Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Woodward Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Chester Hill | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Osceola Mills | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Boggs Township | None of its own | — | — | D |
| Morris Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| West Decatur | 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 Decatur Township
Does Decatur Township have a public library?
No. The closest is Holt Memorial Library in Philipsburg, 4.7 miles from the town center. Many libraries give cards to people from neighboring towns, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead.
What is Decatur Township’s civic life grade?
B Decatur Township is ahead of 64% of U.S. towns on civic life, #197 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. 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 Decatur 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.