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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Hankinson, First NB, 6218
Fr. 660 $20 1902PB
Grade: PMG VF 20    

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There are 10 large notes reported from the 5,079 sheets of Blue Seals issued by this bank. This evenly circulated and problem free note has well stamped black signatures of H.A. Merrifield, President and L.O. Kretchman, Cashier. Hankinson is located in Richland County, in the Wahpeton metro area. The population was 919 at the 2010 census and a peak population of 1,503 was reached in 1910, two years before Hankinson incorporated as a city. Colonel R.H. Hankinson came to the area in 1871 and settled on the shores of Lake Elsie, just south of present-day Hankinson. A general store, a blacksmith shop, a post office called Kelly, and a school were soon constructed. Unfortunately, the railroads thought the Lake Elsie route too expensive and decided to move the town two miles north. Colonel Hankinson soon moved his store and post office to its present site, and the city of Hankinson has grown ever since. The post office was established December 6, 1886 with Col. Hankinson as Postmaster, and the new town was named in his honor.

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