Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0Rockland Township has no public library of its own; the nearest is Brandywine Community Library in Topton, 4.1 miles away
Rockland Township doesn’t have a public library of its own. The closest is Brandywine Community Library in Topton, 4.1 miles away. Many small-town libraries give cards to neighbors, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead.
B−Civic lifeAhead of 46% of U.S. towns · #405 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. Nonprofits and volunteering.Libraries for Rockland Township, in brief
Rockland Township borrows from the libraries next door
Rockland Township has no public library of its own, but four libraries are within 10 miles, the closest being Brandywine Community Library in Topton (4.1 miles). Many small-town libraries give cards to people from neighboring towns, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead. Nearest libraries ↓
Rockland Township isn’t the only town nearby without one
Maxatawny Township, Dryville and Pike Township don’t have a public library of their own either. Among the towns next door, Longswamp Township (Brandywine Community Library) and Oley Township (Oley Valley Community Library) do. Libraries next door ↓
Most nearby libraries are fine-free
Three of the four closest libraries don’t charge 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 Rockland Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Rockland Township is ahead of 46% of U.S. towns, #405 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. Rockland Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Rockland 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 →
13 community nonprofits are registered in Rockland Township
3.6 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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
7.6%
7.6% of Rockland 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 Rockland Township’s residents live; 2022.
The closest is 4.1 miles away
Closest first, measured from the center of Rockland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oley Township | Oley Valley Community Library | 2.3 | 37 | C+ |
| Longswamp Township | Brandywine Community Library fine-free | — | 42 | C |
| Maxatawny Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
| Dryville | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Pike Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Bowers | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| District Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Richmond 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.
- 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 Rockland Township
Does Rockland Township have a public library?
No. The closest is Brandywine Community Library in Topton, 4.1 miles from the town center. Many libraries give cards to people from neighboring towns, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead.
What is Rockland Township’s civic life grade?
B− Rockland Township is ahead of 46% of U.S. towns on civic life, #405 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 Rockland 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.