Story City National Bank, Story City, IA (Charter 10222)
Story City National Bank, Story City, IA (Chartered 1912 - Receivership 1927)
Town History
Story City is located in Story County in central Iowa.
Story City was throughout much of its early history known as Fairview. The named changed in 1881 when the town established a post office and discovered that Fairview was taken else where. Story City was then renamed after Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story. The boundaries of "Old Fairview" are outlined by signs during Scandinavian Days, and is approximately in the northeast corner of current Story City with the southern boundary being Broad Street.
Story City was laid out to include Fairview in 1878, and officially incorporated in 1881. The railroad arrived in 1878 and connected the city to Ames by the narrow-gauge Des Moines & Minnesota and to Des Moines via the Chicago and North Western Railroad in Ames.
During the National Bank Note Era, the population of Story City was 1,197 in 1900, rising slightly to 1,434 in 1930. It's highest population was 3,431 in 2010, and the current population is estimated at 3,370 (2018).
For more information on the town of Story City, see their Wikipedia page.
Bank History
- Organized Jun 24, 1912
- Chartered Jul 5, 1912
- Succeeded The Story City Bank
- Receivership Jan 3, 1927
Official Bank Title(s)
1: The Story City National Bank, Story City, IA
Bank Note Types Issued
A total of $229,450 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1912 and 1927. This consisted of a total of 18,356 notes (18,356 large size and 0 small size notes).
This bank issued the following Types and Denominations of bank notes:
Series/Type Sheet/Denoms Serial#s 1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 1500 1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 1501 - 4589
Bank Presidents and Cashiers
Story City National Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1912 - 1927):
Presidents:
- Joseph Marwick, 1912-1917
- Henry Nicolaus Donhowe, 1918-1919
- John Donhowe, 1920-1923
- Henry Nicolaus Donhowe, 1924-1924
- Edwin Olsen, 1925-1925
Cashiers:
- John Donhowe, 1912-1918
- Peter C. Donhowe, 1919-1922
- Arthur Tollefson Donhowe, 1923-1925
Other Bank Note Signers
- There are currently no known Vice President or Assistant Cashier bank note signers for this bank.
References
- Story City, IA, 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://bbdata.banknotehistory.com