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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Hankinson, Citizens NB, W8084
Fr. 617 $10 1902DB
Grade: PMG VF 25    

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A lovely 1902 Date Back that is one of three large notes reported from this bank; one of the others is a Red Seal listed in this sale. Pen signed by F.O. Hunger, Cashier. The president's signature is no longer there. 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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