Central National Bank, Junction City, KS (Charter 4284)

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Central National Bank, Junction City, KS (Chartered 1890 - Open past 1935)

Town History

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Junction City is located in Geary County.

Junction City had three National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and all three of those banks issued National Bank Notes.

Bank History

• Organized Mar 24, 1890
• Chartered Apr 10, 1890
• Succeeded Central Kansas Bank
• Bank was Open past 1935
• For Bank History after 1935 see FDIC Bank History website
• Still in business as Central National Bank (February 2025)

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The Central National Bank of Junction City, KS

Bank Note Types Issued

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A total of $982,400 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1890 and 1935. This consisted of a total of 38,982 notes (33,852 large size and 5,130 small size notes).

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

Series/Type	Sheet/Denoms	Serial#s	Sheet Comments
1882 Brown Back	4x5	1 - 2105
1882 Brown Back	3x10-20	1 - 4106
1882 Brown Back	50-100	1 - 340
1882 Date Back	50-100	1 - 128
1902 Date Back	50-100	1 - 700
1902 Date Back	3x50-100	1 - 1270
1902 Plain Back	3x50-100	1271 - 1668
1929 Type 1	6x5	1 - 410
1929 Type 1	6x10	1 - 115
1929 Type 1	6x50	1 - 248
1929 Type 1	6x100	1 - 82

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1890 - 1935):

Presidents:

• Sumner Webb Pierce, 1890-1914
• A. D. Jellison, 1915-1920
• Herbert Worley Jacobs, 1921-1935

Cashiers:

• CPT Charles H. Trott, 1890-1894
• Charles Haines Manley, Sr., 1895-1904
• Sherwood W. Fenton, 1905-1910
• Horace Manley Pierce, 1911-1914
• Frederick Albert Durand, 1915-1920
• Edward W. Rolfs, 1921-1935

Other Known Bank Note Signers

• No other known bank note signers for this bank

Bank Note History Links

• Central National Bank, Junction City, KS History (NB Lookup)
• Kansas Bank Note History (BNH Wiki)

Sources

• Junction City, KS, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junction_City,_Kansas
• 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