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What happened to Hamilton Bank?
Hamilton Bank in Towson, MD (earlier called Hamilton Federal Savings and Loan Association and 1 other name) merged into Orrstown Bank of Harrisburg, PA on May 1, 2019. Orrstown 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.
- 1915Hamilton Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Towson, MD
- Apr 12, 1999renamed Hamilton Federal Bank
- Jan 17, 2012renamed Hamilton Bank
- May 1, 2019MERGEDHamilton Bank merged into Orrstown Bank of Harrisburg, PA.FDIC certificate 28589 ends; its business continues under certificate 713.
- TodayOPEN
Orrstown BankMain office Harrisburg, PA · FDIC certificate 713 · 42 offices in 2 states on June 30, 2026Every Orrstown Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.orrstown.com
If you still have something from Hamilton Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Hamilton Bank as lienholder, start with Orrstown 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 Orrstown Bank to search for the account under the name Hamilton 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 Orrstown Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Hamilton 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
10 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 4 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 10283 York RdCockeysville, MD | OpenOrrstown Bank |
| 8108 Jumpers Hole RdPasadena, MD | OpenOrrstown Bank |
| 8216 Philadelphia RdBaltimore, MD | OpenOrrstown Bank |
| 4450 Long Gate ParkwayEllicott City, MD | OpenOrrstown Bank |
| 5600 Harford RoadBaltimore, MD | No longer reported |
| 501 Fairmount AvenueTowson, MD | No longer reported |
| 788 Washington BlvdBaltimore, MD | No longer reported |
| 9 Cranbrook RoadCockeysville, MD | No longer reported |
| 19 West Pennsylvania AvenueTowson, MD | No longer reported |
| 6301 Belair RoadBaltimore, MD | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Hamilton Bank
4 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 5 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Fraternity Federal Savings and Loan AssociationBaltimore, MD | May 13, 2016 |
| Fairmount BankBaltimore, MD | Sep 11, 2015 |
| Belmar Federal Savings and Loan AssociationBaltimore, MD | Nov 5, 1999 |
| Towson Federal Savings and Loan AssociationTowson, MD | Dec 31, 1975 |
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 28589 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.