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What happened to First West Virginia Bank, National Association - Community?
First West Virginia Bank, National Association - Community in Wheeling, WV (earlier called Community Savings Bank, National Association) merged into First West Virginia Bank, National Association - Warwood of Wheeling, WV on Jun 30, 1984. After 1 more change of hands, what was First West Virginia Bank, National Association - Community is today part of Community Bank (Carmichaels, PA).
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the bank at the end of the chain today. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1966Community Savings Bank, National Association opens in Wheeling, WV
- Jun 28, 1976renamed First West Virginia Bank, National Association - Community
- Jun 30, 1984MERGEDFirst West Virginia Bank, National Association - Community merged into First West Virginia Bank, National Association - Warwood of Wheeling, WV.FDIC certificate 19652 ends; its business continues under certificate 10002.
- Apr 30, 2018MERGEDFirst West Virginia Bank, National Association - Warwood (by then renamed Progressive Bank, National Association) of Wheeling, WV merged into Community Bank of Carmichaels, PA.FDIC certificate 10002 ends; its business continues under certificate 7848.
- TodayOPEN
Community BankMain office Carmichaels, PA · FDIC certificate 7848 · 14 offices in 2 states on June 30, 2026Every Community Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.cb.bank
If you still have something from First West Virginia Bank, National Association - Community
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows First West Virginia Bank, National Association - Community as lienholder, start with Community Bank. In a merger the surviving bank takes over the other bank's loans, so it is the bank to ask for a recordable lien release; if the loan was sold along the way, it can tell you to whom.
The FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that merged or were acquired without government assistance, which is what the record shows here.
Record the release with the same county office that recorded the original mortgage or deed of trust.
An old account, passbook or CD
Ask Community Bank to search for the account under the name First West Virginia Bank, National Association - Community. A passbook or certificate shows an account existed. It doesn't show the money is still there, and the OCC notes that federal rules require banks to keep most account records for five years.
Accounts nobody touches are eventually turned over to a state. The OCC puts the usual wait at three to five years with no activity, set by each state's law. Search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and any other state they lived in. It is free to search and to claim through a state's own site, and MissingMoney.com, an official site of the state administrators' association, searches most states at once.
A safe deposit box
Ask Community Bank which branch now holds boxes from the First West Virginia Bank, National Association - Community office you used. The OCC says a box with no activity for three to five years (the period is set by state statute) is likely treated as dormant, and its contents may be turned over to the state's unclaimed-property program.
Box contents are not covered by FDIC insurance.
Not sure this is your bank?
Many banks shared a name. Match the city and the years above against your paperwork, or search again with the town.
Credit unions were never FDIC-insured and are not in this record; the NCUA credit union lookup covers those. Banks that closed before about 1970 are not in the FDIC's list either.
One caution: banks also sell single branches. If the office you used was sold to a different bank along the way, the account went with the branch, not with this chain.
This page is drawn from FDIC records and federal guidance. It is not legal advice, and BankBranches is not a bank or a government office. More detail: lien releases · old passbooks and CDs · safe deposit boxes · unclaimed money.
Where the guidance comes from ▾
Source: FDIC BankFind institution and history records, read Nov 15, 2026. The FDIC's list covers banks that ended in about 1970 or later. Look up certificate 19652 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.