Welcome to Bank ...

So far, we found very little information about Bank. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Bank to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bank, please Contact Us.

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Bank would have been located within present day Cecil County<2>.

The location of Bank has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bank, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Bank is 130 feet [40 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Bank was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Bank would have been located in the (410) area code.

Websites for Bank ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cecilchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Bank, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Bank ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Bank - they are located in Louisiana, New Hampshire, Tennessee and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bank.

Communities near Bank ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bank.

• Wilmington
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
  • Wilmington is located in New Castle County (DE)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,376 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilmington <5>
• Newark
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
  • Newark is located in New Castle County (DE)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,849 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <5>
• Middletown
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
  • Middletown is located in New Castle County (DE)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,765 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middletown <5>
• Elkton
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
  • Elkton is located in Cecil County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,665 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <5>
• Havre de Grace
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Havre de Grace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havre de Grace
  • Havre de Grace is located in Harford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,147 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Havre de Grace <5>
• Kennett Square
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennett Square
  • Kennett Square is located in Chester County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,203 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kennett Square <5>
• Elsmere
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsmere
  • Elsmere is located in New Castle County (DE)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,761 people
• Oxford
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
  • Oxford is located in Chester County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,594 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <5>
• New Castle
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
  • New Castle is located in New Castle County (DE)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,394 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Castle <5>
• Salem
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
  • Salem is located in Salem County (NJ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,713 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bank. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bank.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bank. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bank.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bank. See our Newspapers Page for Bank.

Adding Bank to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bank in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Bank was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bank.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Cecil County: www.ccgov.org/

The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/