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Hancock Bank Story
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The Hancock Story_____________________________
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One hundred five years ago, 19 enterprising Bay St.	Home	EqL
Louis, Mississippi, men and women responded to South Mississippi's bustling turn-of-the-century economy by establishing the Hancock County Bank. From that point, our company assumed a pivotal role in facilitating the growth and development of our greater Gulf Coast and in providing the people of our communities the financial services they need to enjoy opportunity and prosperity.
Since first opening our doors on October 9, 1899, with $10,000 in capitalization and $8,277.41 in first-day deposits, Hancock Bank has evolved as one of the strongest, safest five-star financial institutions in the United States. Today, with $4.5 billion in assets, Hancock
Holding Company - parent company of Hancock Bank (Mississippi), Hancock Bank of Louisiana, and Hancock Bank of Florida - operates 103 full-service offices, more than 135 automated teller machines, online banking and bill pay services at www.hancockbank.com, and myriad subsidiaries (Hancock Investment Services, Inc., Hancock Mortgage Corporation, Hancock Insurance Agency, Magna Insurance Company, and Harrison Finance Company) throughout a Gulf South mecca for business and industry.
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As the South Mississippi lumber, cotton, wool turkey, and produce trades thrived during the early 1900s and as the Mississippi Gulf Coast - known then as the "Newport of the South - evolved as a popular tourist destination, Hancock County Bank began cultivating opportunities for expansion. Within weeks of signing the bank's charter, the original board of directors purchased a site at Main Street and South Beach Boulevard and initiated construction of Bay St. Louis' first two-story building to house the Hancock County Bank, the post office, and the United States Customs Office. The main Bay St. Louis branch still operates from that building.
Hancock County Bank opened the first branch of a Mississippi Coast bank at Pearlington on January 8, 1902. On April 29, 1902, the bank established a branch at Pass Christian, a popular retreat for Northerners fleeing brutal winters and affluent New Orleanians and North Mississippians seeking relief from sweltering summer heat. As the Pearlington branch closed in 1918, a Logtown branch opened and operated until 1937, when the South Mississippi timber supply dwindled and the fervor of early saw mill production
The 19 Founders
Nineteen busir'ess-mmded subscribers established the Hancoc* County Bank in 1899 reoresented a tota of 198 shares, and elected the bank's first ooard of directors.
J.A. Breath Joseph F. Cazereuve (director)
L A deMontJuzin F.8. Dunbar (director) „ames V. Dunbar (directs) Thomas L Evans John B Fahey Peter HeHwege (director) Peter E. Hellwege (director) E.H. Hoffmann (director) August Keller (director) Charles Marshal* (director) Richard Wendes
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