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Western Bank
Distance: 1.2 Mi2550 Buffalo Gap Rd
79605-6104 Abilene -
First Bank of West Texas
Distance: 2.0 Mi1 Village Drive Suite 100
79606 Abilene -
Hamlin National Bank
Distance: 40.1 Mi231 S Central Ave
79520-4829 Hamlin -
Texas National Bank
Distance: 37.1 Mi400 East Broadway Street
79556 Sweetwater -
Coleman County State Bank
Distance: 42.7 MiPO Box 940
76834 Coleman
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Description
The First State Bank was organized as Bank of Menard in 1903. The Bank’s building was constructed of native stone and continues to serve as the Bank’s Menard facility on the corner of San Saba Avenue and Bevans Street. Operating as a private bank, it was organized by William Bevans and Dick Russell for the settlers who had to keep money in merchants' safes or ride sixty miles to do their banking. Officers of the young bank were William Bevans, president; C. B. Mason, Cashier; and W. P. Bevans, bookkeeper. In 1910 George C. Stengal of Mason joined the bank as bookkeeper.