First National Bank, Stroudsburg, PA (Charter 2787)

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First National Bank, Stroudsburg, PA (Chartered 1882 - Closed 1932)

Town History

Stroudsburg is a borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It is in the state's Poconos region, approximately five miles from the Delaware Water Gap, at the confluence of the Brodhead, McMichaels and Pocono Creeks. It is in northeastern Pennsylvania, located just off Interstate 80, and is the county seat of Monroe County. The population was 5,927 at the 2020 census. In 1880 the population was 2,419 and it peaked in 1950 at 6,361.

The Pocono region remains Pennsylvania’s biggest tourist attraction and has nearly $1 billion in economic impact with over 8 million visitors annually. Until the mid-1960s the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad and later the Erie Lackawanna Railroad served the town with the Phoebe Snow, the Lake Cities and several other trains.

Stroudsburg had two National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and both of those banks issued National Bank Notes.

Bank History

  • Organized September 21, 1882
  • Chartered September 29, 1882
  • Succeeded Monroe County Banking and Savings Co.
  • Closed September 12, 1932
  • Consolidated with 3632 September 12, 1932 (Stroudsburg NB/First-Stroudsburg NB, Stroudsburg, PA)
  • Circulation assumed by 3632 (Stroudsburg NB/First-Stroudsburg NB, Stroudsburg, PA)

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The First National Bank of Stroudsburg, PA

Bank Note Types Issued

1902 Red Seal $10 bank note with pen signatures of William Gunsaules, Cashier and F.H. Smith, President.
1902 Red Seal $10 bank note with pen signatures of William Gunsaules, Cashier and F.H. Smith, President. Courtesy of Lyn Knight Auctions, www.lynknight.com
1929 Type 1 $10 bank note with printed signatures of Roy M. Houser, Cashier and W.W. L'Hommedieu, President.
1929 Type 1 $10 bank note with printed signatures of Roy M. Houser, Cashier and W.W. L'Hommedieu, President. Courtesy of Lyn Knight Auctions, www.lynknight.com

A total of $1,161,830 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1882 and 1932. This consisted of a total of 130,312 notes (113,704 large size and 16,608 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 - 7027
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 910
1902 Red Seal 3x10-20 1 - 2600
1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 4100
1902 Plain Back 4x5 1 - 5970
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 4101 - 11919
1929 Type 1 6x5 1 - 1656
1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 878
1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 234

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1882 - 1932):

Presidents:

Cashiers:

Other Bank Note Signers

  • There are currently no known Vice President or Assistant Cashier bank note signers for this bank.

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