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What happened to Farmers Bank and Trust Company of Hanover?
Farmers Bank and Trust Company of Hanover in Hanover, PA merged into Dauphin Deposit Bank and Trust Company of Harrisburg, PA on Jul 1, 1994. After 2 more changes of hands, what was Farmers Bank and Trust Company of Hanover is today part of Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (Buffalo, NY).
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.
- 1906Farmers Bank and Trust Company of Hanover opens in Hanover, PA
- Jul 1, 1994MERGEDFarmers Bank and Trust Company of Hanover merged into Dauphin Deposit Bank and Trust Company of Harrisburg, PA.FDIC certificate 12995 ends; its business continues under certificate 695.
- Nov 13, 1998MERGEDDauphin Deposit Bank and Trust Company of Harrisburg, PA merged into The First National Bank of Maryland of Baltimore, MD.FDIC certificate 695 ends; its business continues under certificate 4822.
- Apr 1, 2003MERGEDThe First National Bank of Maryland (by then renamed Allfirst Bank) of Baltimore, MD merged into Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company of Buffalo, NY.FDIC certificate 4822 ends; its business continues under certificate 588.
- TodayOPEN
Manufacturers and Traders Trust CompanyMain office Buffalo, NY · FDIC certificate 588 · 957 offices in 14 states on June 30, 2026Every Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.mtb.com
If you still have something from Farmers Bank and Trust Company of Hanover
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Farmers Bank and Trust Company of Hanover as lienholder, start with Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company. 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 Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company to search for the account under the name Farmers Bank and Trust Company of Hanover. 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 Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company which branch now holds boxes from the Farmers Bank and Trust Company of Hanover 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
17 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 7 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 105 Dart DrHanover, PA | OpenManufacturers and Traders Trust Company |
| 1475 Kenneth RdYork, PA | OpenManufacturers and Traders Trust Company |
| 1275 Baltimore StHanover, PA | OpenManufacturers and Traders Trust Company |
| 202 W High StGettysburg, PA | OpenManufacturers and Traders Trust Company |
| 33 Roth's Church RoadSpring Grove, PA | OpenManufacturers and Traders Trust Company |
| 13 Baltimore StHanover, PA | OpenManufacturers and Traders Trust Company |
| 500 Eisenhower DrHanover, PA | OpenManufacturers and Traders Trust Company |
| 15 State AvenueCarlisle, PA | No longer reported |
| 20 East Main StreetFairfield, PA | No longer reported |
| Center SquareAbbottstown, PA | No longer reported |
| 11973 Buchanan Trail EastWaynesboro, PA | No longer reported |
| 703 South Atrim WayGreencastle, PA | No longer reported |
| U.S. Route 30Fayetteville, PA | No longer reported |
| 902 Lincoln Way EastChambersburg, PA | No longer reported |
| 425 Westminster AvenueHanover, PA | No longer reported |
| 401 York StreetHanover, PA | No longer reported |
| 1200 Green Springs RoadYork, PA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Farmers Bank and Trust Company of Hanover
2 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| The First National Bank of FairfieldFairfield, PA | May 19, 1983 |
| Abbottstown State BankAbbottstown, PA | Sep 5, 1978 |
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 12995 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.