Givin, Amelia S., Free Library · Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Mount Holly Springs’ library logs 8.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Amelia S Givin Library serves 12,710 people in and around Mount Holly Springs. Last year it lent 127K books, movies and e-books and logged 109K visits.
Mount Holly Springs’s library, in brief
One of the busiest library systems its size
Amelia S Givin Library logs 8.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, and lends 8.9 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 87% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Programs are almost all for children
90% of the 506 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 6.5 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 58% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 90% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
The branch is a National Register landmark
Amelia S. Givin Free Library has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 2004. Today’s library there has 5,591 square feet. The building ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
31% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 54%. What your card is worth ↓
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; Amelia S Givin Library serves 12,710 people in and around Mount Holly Springs, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Mount Holly Springs’ civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Mount Holly Springs is ahead of 64% of U.S. towns. Mount Holly Springs is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Mount Holly Springs’ count of community nonprofits 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 →
11 community nonprofits are registered in Mount Holly Springs
4.5 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 (1 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
7.8%
7.8% of Mount Holly Springs’ 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 Mount Holly Springs’ residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 51 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Amelia S Givin Library system. The library’s own count.
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.
Amelia S Givin Library serves 12,710 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
127K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
13,366 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 9 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.
A National Register landmark since 2004
Amelia S Givin Library, 114 North Baltimore Ave, Mt Holly Springs.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Amelia S Givin Library branch.
New in Mount Holly Springs? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Amelia S. Givin Free Library
Givin, Amelia S., Free Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Aug 11, 2004. It is significant for its architecture and social history at the local level. Its architecture is described as Late Victorian and Romanesque.
The Amelia S. Givin Free Library is a historic public library in Mount Holly Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 11, 2004.
More about the building →For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $4.75 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Mount Holly Springs cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $410K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.9M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $410K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 4,116 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Amelia S Givin Library serves 12,710 people in and around Mount Holly Springs, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Mount Holly Springs.
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 Mount Holly Springs
Does Mount Holly Springs have a public library?
Yes. Amelia S Givin Library, 114 North Baltimore Ave, serves 12,710 people in and around Mount Holly Springs (the survey’s count) and is open about 48 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Amelia S Givin Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Mount Holly Springs’ library?
It logged 8.6 visits and lent 10.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Mount Holly Springs’ civic life grade?
B Mount Holly Springs is ahead of 64% 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 Mount Holly Springs.
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. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places; photo via Wikimedia Commons. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.