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What happened to The Empire National Bank of Traverse City?
The Empire National Bank of Traverse City in Traverse City, MI merged into The Huntington National Bank of Columbus, OH on Jun 23, 2000. The Huntington National Bank is open today.
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the bank at the end of the chain today. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1912The Empire National Bank of Traverse City opens in Traverse City, MI
- Jun 23, 2000MERGEDThe Empire National Bank of Traverse City merged into The Huntington National Bank of Columbus, OH.FDIC certificate 12909 ends; its business continues under certificate 6560.
- TodayOPEN
The Huntington National BankMain office Columbus, OH · FDIC certificate 6560 · 1,452 offices in 21 states on June 30, 2026Every The Huntington National Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.huntington.com
If you still have something from The Empire National Bank of Traverse City
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows The Empire National Bank of Traverse City as lienholder, start with The Huntington National Bank. In a merger the surviving bank takes over the other bank's loans, so it is the bank to ask for a recordable lien release; if the loan was sold along the way, it can tell you to whom.
The FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that merged or were acquired without government assistance, which is what the record shows here.
Record the release with the same county office that recorded the original mortgage or deed of trust.
An old account, passbook or CD
Ask The Huntington National Bank to search for the account under the name The Empire National Bank of Traverse City. A passbook or certificate shows an account existed. It doesn't show the money is still there, and the OCC notes that federal rules require banks to keep most account records for five years.
Accounts nobody touches are eventually turned over to a state. The OCC puts the usual wait at three to five years with no activity, set by each state's law. Search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and any other state they lived in. It is free to search and to claim through a state's own site, and MissingMoney.com, an official site of the state administrators' association, searches most states at once.
A safe deposit box
Ask The Huntington National Bank which branch now holds boxes from the The Empire National Bank of Traverse City office you used. The OCC says a box with no activity for three to five years (the period is set by state statute) is likely treated as dormant, and its contents may be turned over to the state's unclaimed-property program.
Box contents are not covered by FDIC insurance.
Not sure this is your bank?
Many banks shared a name. Match the city and the years above against your paperwork, or search again with the town.
Credit unions were never FDIC-insured and are not in this record; the NCUA credit union lookup covers those. Banks that closed before about 1970 are not in the FDIC's list either.
One caution: banks also sell single branches. If the office you used was sold to a different bank along the way, the account went with the branch, not with this chain. The office list below shows which bank each office reports under now.
This page is drawn from FDIC records and federal guidance. It is not legal advice, and BankBranches is not a bank or a government office. More detail: lien releases · old passbooks and CDs · safe deposit boxes · unclaimed money.
Where the guidance comes from ▾
Its offices in the FDIC deposit reports
11 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 7 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 1227 E Front StTraverse City, MI | OpenThe Huntington National Bank |
| 427 W Front StTraverse City, MI | OpenThe Huntington National Bank |
| 3160 S Airport Rd WTraverse City, MI | OpenThe Huntington National Bank |
| 206 West Mile RoadKalkaska Township, MI | OpenThe Huntington National Bank |
| 111 N Main StLeland, MI | OpenThe Huntington National Bank |
| 10210 W Front StEmpire, MI | OpenThe Huntington National Bank |
| 122 E Nagonaba StNorthport, MI | OpenThe Huntington National Bank |
| 2195 South Interstate 75 Business LoopGrayling, MI | No longer reported |
| 1114 South Airport Road WestTraverse City, MI | No longer reported |
| 3880 East M-72Acme Township, MI | No longer reported |
| 859 WoodmereTraverse City, MI | No longer reported |
Source: FDIC BankFind institution and history records, read Nov 15, 2026. The FDIC's list covers banks that ended in about 1970 or later. Look up certificate 12909 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.