Tamworth Township’s library logs 1.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Faulk County Library serves 2,151 people in and around Tamworth Township. Last year it lent 14K books, movies and e-books and logged 3,000 visits.
What stands out about Faulk County Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Tamworth Township’s civic life grade
Tamworth Township isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Faulk County Library serves 2,151 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 6 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Faulk County Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
14K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
4,648 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program 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
Faulk County Library, 127 8th Avenue South, Faulkton.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Faulk County Library branch.
New in Tamworth 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 $1.80 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Tamworth Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $124K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $222K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $124K 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 1,143 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamworth Township | Faulk County Library fine-free | — | 44 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Orient Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Bryant Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Lafoon Township | 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.
- System-wide. Faulk County Library serves 2,151 people in and around Tamworth Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Tamworth Township.
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 Tamworth Township
Does Tamworth Township have a public library?
Yes. Faulk County Library, 127 8th Avenue South, serves 2,151 people in and around Tamworth Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 44 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Faulk County 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 Tamworth Township’s library?
It logged 1.4 visits and lent 6.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Tamworth Township’s civic life grade?
Tamworth Township isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Tamworth 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.