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What happened to Jersey Shore State Bank?
Jersey Shore State Bank in Williamsport, PA merged into Northwest Bank of Warren, PA on Jul 25, 2025. Northwest 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.
- 1934Jersey Shore State Bank opens in Williamsport, PA
- Jul 25, 2025MERGEDJersey Shore State Bank merged into Northwest Bank of Warren, PA.FDIC certificate 14359 ends; its business continues under certificate 28178.
- TodayOPEN
Northwest BankMain office Warren, PA · FDIC certificate 28178 · 161 offices in 4 states on June 30, 2026Every Northwest Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: WWW.NORTHWEST.COM
If you still have something from Jersey Shore State Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Jersey Shore State Bank as lienholder, start with Northwest 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 Northwest Bank to search for the account under the name Jersey Shore State Bank. 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 Northwest Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Jersey Shore State Bank 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
22 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 14 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 4 W Main StLock Haven, PA | OpenNorthwest Bank |
| 300 Market StWilliamsport, PA | OpenNorthwest Bank |
| 115 S Main StJersey Shore, PA | OpenNorthwest Bank |
| 2675 Euclid AveDuboistown, PA | OpenNorthwest Bank |
| 820 Broad StMontoursville, PA | OpenNorthwest Bank |
| 150 Continental BlvdDanville, PA | OpenNorthwest Bank |
| 9094 Rt. 405 HighwayMontgomery, PA | OpenNorthwest Bank |
| 173 Hogan BlvdMill Hall, PA | OpenNorthwest Bank |
| 550 N Derr DrLewisburg, PA | OpenNorthwest Bank |
| 1720 E 3rd StWilliamsport, PA | OpenNorthwest Bank |
| 112 Bridge StJersey Shore, PA | OpenNorthwest Bank |
| 503 E Plank RdAltoona, PA | OpenNorthwest Bank |
| 44 Muncy Creek BlvdMuncy, PA | OpenNorthwest Bank |
| 300 Market StWilliamsport, PA | OpenNorthwest Bank |
| 835 E Bishop StBellefonte, PA | No longer reported |
| 2842 Earlystown RdCentre Hall, PA | No longer reported |
| 2050 N Atherton StState College, PA | No longer reported |
| 100 Cobblestone RoadBellefonte, PA | No longer reported |
| 493 East Sycamore RoadSnow Shoe, PA | No longer reported |
| 3635 Penns Valley RoadSpring Mills, PA | No longer reported |
| 1665 North Atherton PlaceState College, PA | No longer reported |
| 1952 Waddle Road, Suite 106State College, PA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Jersey Shore State Bank
2 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| The First National Bank of Spring MillsSpring Mills, PA | Jan 11, 1999 |
| Lock Haven Savings BankLock Haven, PA | Apr 7, 1995 |
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 14359 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.