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What happened to First-Knox National Bank?
First-Knox National Bank in Mount Vernon, OH (earlier called The First-Knox National Bank of Mount Vernon) merged into The Park National Bank of Newark, OH on Sep 6, 2008. The Park National Bank is open today.
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.
- 1847The First-Knox National Bank of Mount Vernon opens in Mount Vernon, OH
- Dec 30, 1997renamed First-Knox National Bank
- Sep 6, 2008MERGEDFirst-Knox National Bank merged into The Park National Bank of Newark, OH.FDIC certificate 6651 ends; its business continues under certificate 6653.
- TodayOPEN
The Park National BankMain office Newark, OH · FDIC certificate 6653 · 110 offices in 5 states on June 30, 2026Every The Park National Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.parknationalbank.com
If you still have something from First-Knox National Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows First-Knox National Bank as lienholder, start with The Park National 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 The Park National Bank to search for the account under the name First-Knox National Bank. 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 The Park National Bank which branch now holds boxes from the First-Knox National Bank 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. The office list below shows which bank each office reports under now.
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 ▾
Its offices in the FDIC deposit reports
18 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 10 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 1 S Main StMount Vernon, OH | OpenThe Park National Bank |
| 120 N Water StLoudonville, OH | OpenThe Park National Bank |
| 137 N Main StFredericktown, OH | OpenThe Park National Bank |
| 504 W High StMount Gilead, OH | OpenThe Park National Bank |
| 35 W Main StCenterburg, OH | OpenThe Park National Bank |
| 810 Coshocton AveMount Vernon, OH | OpenThe Park National Bank |
| 154 Main StBellville, OH | OpenThe Park National Bank |
| 225 N Clay StMillersburg, OH | OpenThe Park National Bank |
| 4 S Market StDanville, OH | OpenThe Park National Bank |
| 8641 Blackjack Road ExtMount Vernon, OH | OpenThe Park National Bank |
| 1640 South Washington StreetMillersburg, OH | No longer reported |
| 201 North Main StreetMount Vernon, OH | No longer reported |
| 504 West High StreetMount Gilead, OH | No longer reported |
| 112 North Bridge StreetPerrysville, OH | No longer reported |
| 1161 East Main StreetAshland, OH | No longer reported |
| 16-18 West Jackson StreetMillersburg, OH | No longer reported |
| 7 North Clay StreetMillersburg, OH | No longer reported |
| 10 Plymouth StreetLexington, OH | No longer reported |
Banks folded into First-Knox National Bank
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| The Farmers and Savings Bank, Loudonville, OhioLoudonville, OH | Dec 30, 1997 |
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 6651 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.