First National Bank, Eureka, SD (Charter 11527)

ca. 1910 postcard of the German Bank of Eureka, which was succeeded by the First National Bank in 1919.

First National Bank (No Issue), Eureka, SD (Chartered 1919 - Receivership 1920)

Town History

2012 photo of the old First National Bank building. Courtesy of Google maps.

Eureka is located in McPherson County in North Central South Dakota. The town was laid out in 1887, and named "Eureka", a Greek exclamation meaning "I have found it!"

During the National Bank Note Era (1863-1935), the population of Eureka was 961 in 1900, growing to 1,308 in 1930. It's highest population was 1,576 in 1950, and the population was 813 at the 2020 census.

Eureka had one National Bank, and it did not issue National Bank Notes.

Bank History

• Organized Nov 18, 1919
• Chartered Nov 28, 1919
• Conversion of The German Bank of Eureka
• 1902 Plain Back plate made
• Notes printed
• No notes were issued
• Receivership Aug 20, 1920

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The First National Bank of Eureka, SD

Bank Note Types Issued

First National Bank of Eureka had bank notes printed, but did not issue any notes before going into receivership. Shown here is a Certified Proof of a Series1902 $10 Plain Back showing what the bank notes would have looked like (before the Seal/Charter# and Serial# overprints were added). Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.

A printing plate was made, and notes were printed, but no National Bank Notes were issued by this bank.

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

First National Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1919 - 1920):

Presidents:

• Carl Vorlander, 1919-1920

Cashiers:

• A. Sprick, 1919-1919
• Carl Vorlander, 1920-1920

Bank Note History Links

• First National Bank (No Issue), Eureka, SD History (NB Lookup)
• McPherson County Bank Note History (BNH Wiki)
• South Dakota Bank Note History (BNH Wiki)

Sources

• Eureka, 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