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What happened to Heritage National Bank?
Heritage National Bank in Pottsville, PA (earlier called The Miners National Bank of Pottsville and 1 other name) merged into Berks County Bank of Reading, PA on Jan 1, 1999. After 1 more change of hands, what was Heritage National Bank is today part of Santander Bank, N.A. (Wilmington, DE).
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.
- 1828The Miners National Bank of Pottsville opens in Pottsville, PA
- Sep 1, 1983renamed The Miners National Bank
- Mar 1, 1995renamed Heritage National Bank
- Jan 1, 1999MERGEDHeritage National Bank merged into Berks County Bank of Reading, PA.FDIC certificate 7711 ends; its business continues under certificate 27104.
- Mar 8, 2002MERGEDBerks County Bank (by then renamed Main Street Bank) of Reading, PA merged into Sovereign Bank of Wilmington, DE.FDIC certificate 27104 ends; its business continues under certificate 29950.
- TodayOPEN
Santander Bank, N.A.Main office Wilmington, DE · FDIC certificate 29950 · 368 offices in 9 states on June 30, 2026Every Santander Bank, N.A. office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.santander.com
If you still have something from Heritage National Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Heritage National Bank as lienholder, start with Santander Bank, N.A.. 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 Santander Bank, N.A. to search for the account under the name Heritage National 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 Santander Bank, N.A. which branch now holds boxes from the Heritage National 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
15 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 1 is still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 24 E Main St, # 28Schuylkill Haven, PA | OpenSantander Bank, N.A. |
| 200 Tunnel StreetWilliamstown, PA | No longer reported |
| 120 South Centre StreetPottsville, PA | No longer reported |
| 333 Liberty StreetsOrwigsburg, PA | No longer reported |
| 408 East Broad StTamaqua, PA | No longer reported |
| 29 East Pottsville StreetPine Grove, PA | No longer reported |
| 2-4 North Main StreetShenandoah, PA | No longer reported |
| 757 Route 183 SouthSchuylkill Haven, PA | No longer reported |
| 247 Sunbury StreetMinersville, PA | No longer reported |
| 2092 West Penn PikeNew Ringgold, PA | No longer reported |
| Route 54 and Township Road T 870Hometown, PA | No longer reported |
| 78 Coal StreetPort Carbon, PA | No longer reported |
| Cressona MallPottsville, PA | No longer reported |
| Route 61North Manheim Township, PA | No longer reported |
| Schuylkill Mall, Route 61 and Interstate 81Frackville, PA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Heritage National Bank
2 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| The Schuylkill Haven Trust CompanySchuylkill Haven, PA | Mar 1, 1995 |
| The Miners National Bank of ShenandoahShenandoah, PA | Dec 20, 1986 |
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 7711 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.