Clark County National Bank, Clark, SD (Charter 6409)

ca. 1910 postcard of the Clark County National Bank

Clark County National Bank, Clark, SD (Chartered 1902 - Open past 1935)

Town History

2012 photo of the old bank building

Clark is the county seat of Clark County, in northeastern South Dakota. A post office was established at Clark in 1880, and it was platted in 1882. Clark was officially founded in 1886, three years before South Dakota became a state. The town took its name from Clark County. An early variant name was Clark Center.

During the National Bank Note Era, the population of Clark was 592 in 1890, growing to 1,290 in 1930. It's highest population was 1,484 in 1960, and the current population is estimated at 1,065 (2018).

Clark had two National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and both issued National Bank Notes.

Bank History

• Organized Jul 26, 1902
• Chartered Sep 5, 1902
• Opened for business Sep 29, 1902
• Bank was Open past 1935

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The Clark County National Bank of Clark, SD

Bank Note Types Issued

1902 Plain Back $10 bank note with pen signatures of Chas. Carpenter, Cashier and E.M. Jones, VP

1929 Type 1 $10 bank note with printed signatures of Chas. Carpenter, Cashier and R.J. Mann, President

A total of $268,380 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1902 and 1935. This consisted of a total of 21,582 notes (17,108 large size and 4,474 small size notes).

This bank issued the following Types and Denominations of bank notes:

Series/Type	Sheet/Denoms	Serial#s
1902 Red Seal	3x10-20	1 - 700
1902 Date Back	3x10-20	1 - 860
1902 Plain Back	3x10-20	861 - 3577
1929 Type 1	6x10	1 - 502
1929 Type 1	6x20	1 - 140
1929 Type 2	10	1 - 483
1929 Type 2	20	1 - 139

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

First National Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1902 - 1936):

Presidents:

• Ransom J. Mann, 1903-1935

Cashiers:

• Otto Baarsch, 1903-1907
• Charles Henry Carpenter, 1908-1932
• Raymond Adolphus Nold, 1933-1934
• Lyman Laberee Mann, 1934-1935

Other Known Bank Note Signers

• Herbert C. Garvin (VP 1903...1906)
• Evan Meyrick Jones (VP 1916...1934)
• Fredrick William Zander (Asst Cashier 1909)

Bank Note History Links

• Clark County National Bank, Clark, SD History (NB Lookup)
• South Dakota Bank Note History (BNH Wiki)

Sources

• Clark, SD, 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