Central National Bank, Junction City, KS (Charter 4284)
Central National Bank, Junction City, KS (Chartered 1890 - Open past 1935)
Town History
Junction City is a city in and the county seat of Geary County, Kansas. Fort Riley, a major U.S. Army post, is nearby. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 22,932. In 1890 the population was 4,502 growing to 7,407 by 1930.
Junction City is so named from its position at the confluence of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers, which forms the Kansas River. In 1854, Andrew J. Mead of New York of the Cincinnati-Manhattan Company, Free Staters connected to the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company planned a community there called Manhattan (there was also a discussion to call it New Cincinnati). When the steamship Hartford delivering the immigrants could not reach the community because of low water on the Kansas River, the Free Staters settled 20 miles east in what today is Manhattan, Kansas. The community was renamed Millard City for Captain Millard of the Hartford on October 3, 1855. It was renamed briefly Humboldt in 1857 by local farmers and renamed again later that year to Junction City. It was formally incorporated in 1859.
Junction City had three National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and all three of those banks issued National Bank Notes.
Bank History
- Organized March 24, 1890
- Chartered April 10, 1890
- Succeeded Central Kansas Bank
- Bank was Open past 1935
- For Bank History after 1935 see FDIC Bank History website
- Still in business as Central National Bank (February 2025)
On September 16, 1884, the Central Kansas Bank of Junction City filed a charter with the Secretary of State, capital $50,000, Henry B. Pierce, New Brunswick, New Jersey; S.W. Pierce, J. Morris Smith, George A. Taylor, and C.H. Trott, Junction City; incorporators.[3] The officers planned to open on October 1st, succeeding to the business of J. Monroe Smith's Bank, occupying the same building in the Bartell House Block. Directors were Henry B. Pierce, New Brunswick, New Jersey; C.H. Trott, Geo. A. Taylor, J. Monroe Smith, and Sumner W. Pierce of Geary County.[4] H.B. Pierce was president, and S.B. Pierce, cashier.[5]
In January 1890, the officers of the Central Kansas Bank were C.H. Trott, president; H.M. Pierce, vice president; and S.W. Pierce, cashier. The bank had capital of $50,000 and surplus of $15,000. At the close of business, December 31, 1889, the total resources were $132,445.27.[6] In March 1890, an announcement was made that the Central Kansas Bank would nationalize around April 1, changing the name to the Central National Bank and increase its capital stock from $50,000 to $100,000.[7] S.W. Pierce, the cashier and organizer of the Central Kansas would succeed to the presidency of the new bank. He was also president of the Central Kansas Loan and Investment Company which had a capital of $100,000. Captain C.H. Trott, president and acting cashier of the old bank will become the cashier. Mr. William J. Leis of Lawrence, for the past five years manager of the Leis Chemical Manufacturing Co., will be vice president.[8] Junction City had two national banks, the First and the Central, both with capital stock of $100,000. These together with the Junction City Investment Banking Co. and the Central Kansas Loan & Investment Co. gave the city financial institutions sufficient to take care of business for the next five years.[9] On Monday evening, April 7, 1890, stockholders elected the following directors: Theo Weichselbaum, Jas. R. Young, Wm. J. Leis, W.W. Cook, Geo. A. Taylor, C.H. Trott, and S.W. Pierce. The officers elected were S.W. Pierce, president; Wm. J. Lies, first vice president; Jas. R. Young, second vice president; C.H. Trott, cashier; Thos. W. Dorn, assistant cashier; Fred G. Lemley, bookkeeper. The national bank would be ready for business about April 15th or as soon as official documents arrived from Washington.[10]
Official Bank Title
1: The Central National Bank of Junction City, KS
Bank Note Types Issued
A total of $982,400 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1890 and 1935. This consisted of a total of 38,982 notes (33,852 large size and 5,130 small size notes).
This bank issued the following Types and Denominations of bank notes:
Series/Type Sheet/Denoms Serial#s Sheet Comments 1882 Brown Back 4x5 1 - 2105 1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 4106 1882 Brown Back 50-100 1 - 340 1882 Date Back 50-100 1 - 128 1902 Date Back 50-100 1 - 700 1902 Date Back 3x50-100 1 - 1270 1902 Plain Back 3x50-100 1271 - 1668 1929 Type 1 6x5 1 - 410 1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 115 1929 Type 1 6x50 1 - 248 1929 Type 1 6x100 1 - 82
Bank Presidents and Cashiers
Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1890 - 1935):
Presidents:
Cashiers:
- CPT Charles H. Trott, 1890-1894
- Charles Haines Manley, Sr., 1895-1904
- Sherwood W. Fenton, 1905-1910
- Horace Manley Pierce, 1911-1914
- Frederick Albert Durand, 1915-1920
- Edward W. Rolfs, 1921-1935
Other Known Bank Note Signers
- No other known bank note signers for this bank
Bank Note History Links
Sources
- Junction City, KS, on Wikipedia
- Don C. Kelly, National Bank Notes, A Guide with Prices. 6th Edition (Oxford, OH: The Paper Money Institute, 2008).
- Dean Oakes and John Hickman, Standard Catalog of National Bank Notes. 2nd Edition (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1990).
- Banks & Bankers Historical Database (1782-1935), https://spmc.org/bank-note-history-project
- ↑ The Junction City Weekly Union, Junction City, KS, Sat., Oct. 11, 1884.
- ↑ The Junction City Weekly Union, Junction City, KS, Sat., Jan. 25, 1890.
- ↑ The Daily Commonwealth, Topeka, KS, Wed., Sep., 17, 1884.
- ↑ The Junction City Tribune, Junction City, KS, Thu., Sep. 25, 1884.
- ↑ The Junction City Weekly Union, Junction City, KS, Sat., Oct. 11, 1884.
- ↑ The Junction City Weekly Union, Junction City, KS, Sat., Jan. 25, 1890.
- ↑ Junction City Republican, Junction City, KS, Fri., Mar. 21, 1890.
- ↑ The Topeka Daily Capital, Topeka, KS, Fri., Mar. 21, 1890.
- ↑ The Junction City Weekly Union, Junction City, KS, Sat., Mar. 22, 1890.
- ↑ The Junction City Tribune, Junction City, KS, Thu., Apr. 10, 1890.