12506. Bergen County Bank (Hackensack, NJ)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
September 25, 1857
Location
Hackensack, New Jersey (40.886, -74.043)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
fae1c4f14e4d5d88

Response Measures

None

Description

Both articles (lists of suspended banks during the 1857 financial crisis) explicitly include Bergen County Bank, Hackensack, N. J. as suspended as of Sept. 25, 1857. The reports do not describe a depositor run or later reopening; only a suspension is recorded. I classify the episode as suspension_closure because there is no evidence in these items of reopening, receivership assignment, or measures to resume payments—though the ultimate permanent closure is not directly documented here, the bank is reported among suspended banks during the Panic of 1857 (macroeconomic cause).

Events (1)

1. September 25, 1857 Suspension
Cause
Macro News
Cause Details
Listed among many banks suspended during the financial crisis / Panic of 1857 (list to Sept. 25, 1857).
Newspaper Excerpt
Bergen County Bank, Hackensack, N. J.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)

Article from Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg General Advertiser, September 26, 1857

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Article Text

W. A. J. BRITTAIN, Sec'y. Suspended and Broken Banks. For the information of our readers, and in order to guard them against receiving worthless money, we publish the following list of recently suspended and broken Banks, which has been carefully compiled and compared with the list of the brokers in the city. It is gratifying to note that thus far in the present financial crisis, not a single Pennsylvania Bank is included in the list It is to be hoped they will be able to ride out the storm. Mechanics' Banking Association, N. Y. Farmers' Bank of Saratoga county, N. Y. Sacketts Harbor Baok, Buffalo, Reciprocity Bank, Buffalo. Chemung County Bank, Horseheads, N. Y. Ontario Bank, Vica, N. Y. Ontario County Bank, Phelps, N. Y. Oliver Lee & Co.'s Bank, Buffalo, N. V. Hollister Bank, Buffalo. Niagara River Bank, Towanda, N. Y. Bank of Orleans, Albion, N. Y. Huguenot Bank, New Paltz, N. Y. New-York County Bank, N. Y. Farmers' Bank, Wickford, B. I. Mount Vernon Bank, Providence, R. I. Rhode Island Central Bank, East Greenwich, R. I. Bank of South County, Wakefield, R. I. Warwick Bank, Warwick, R. I. Tiverton Bank, Tiverton, R. I. Bank of Hallowell, Maine. Hancock Bank, Ellsworth, Maine. Danby Bank, Danby, Vt. Bergen County Bank, Hackensack, N. J. Bank of New Jersey, New Brunswick, N. J. Merchants Exchange Bank, Bridgeton, Ct. Wooster Bank, Wooster, Ct. Sanford Bank, Sanford, Maine. Monson River Bank, Monson, Mass. Kanawha Bank, Virginia. Miama Valley Bank, Dayton, Ohio. S Bank of West Tennessee, Memphis, Tenn. a Agricultural Bank, Brownsville, Tenn, d Bank of Commerce, Georgetown, D.C. Colchester Bank, Connecticut.


Article from Vermont Watchman and State Journal, October 9, 1857

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Article Text

LIST OF SUSPENDED BANKS TO SEPT. 25TH. Meusam River Bank, Sanford, Maine. Canton Bank, South China, Maine. Ellsworth Bank, Maine. Exchange Bank, Bangor, Maine. Sanford Bank, Sanford, Maine. Exter Bank, New Hampshire. Danby Bank, Vermont. South Royalton Bank, Vermont. Bank of the Republic, Providence, R. I. Bank of South County, Wakefield, R. I. Farmers' Bank, Wickford, R. 1. Mount Vernon Bank, Providence, R. I. Tiverton Bank, Fall River, R. I. Warwick Bank, Warwick, R. I. Merchants' Exchange Bank, Bridgeport, Ct. Colchester Bank, Conn. Bank of Orleans, Albion, New York. Hollister Bank, Buffalo, New York. Niagara River Bank, Tonawanda, N. Y. Oliver Lee & Co.'s Bank, Buffalo, N. Y. Ontario County Bank, Phelps, N.Y. Ontario Bank, Utica, N. Y. Reciprocity Bank, Buffalo, N. Y. Sackett's Harbor Bank, Buffalo, N. Y. American Bank, Trenton, N. J. Bank of New Jersey, New Brunswick, N.J. Bergen County Bank, Hackensack, N. J. Bank of Kanawha, Virginia. Trans-Allegany Bank, Virginia. Bank of Commerce, Georgetown, D. C. Canal Bank, Cleveland, Ohio. City Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio, Seneca County Bank, Tiffin, Ohio. Miami Vally Bank, Dayton, Ohio. Clinton Bank, Columbus, Ohio. Columbus City Bank, Columbus, Ohio. Union Bank, Sandusky, Ohio. Agricultural Bank, Brownsville, Tenn. Bank of West Tennessee. Bank of the Capitol, Indianapolis, Ia. Central Bank, Indianapolis, la. Bank of Elgin, Elgin, Illinois. Rock River Bank, Beloit, Wisconsin. Pennsylvania Bank, Philadelphia. Girard Bank, Phiadelphia. Bank of Canandaiagua, Canandaigua. Western Bank, Lockport, N.Y. Commercial Bank, Philadelphia. Six Penny Savings Bank, Rochester, N. Y. Albany Eve. Journal.