Hidalgo County Bank and Trust Company

The oldest Hidalgo County bank still in operation, this institution opened in 1907 in a frame house on Third Street. Incorporators of the firm were area leaders J. M. Johnson, Sr., who served as the first president, his son J. M. Johnson, Jr., William M. Price and S. P. Silver, all of Mercedes; John Closner of Hidalgo; and Walter A. McNeil of Santa Maria. Sound leadership helped the Hidalgo County Bank and Trust Company survive the economic depression of the 1930s and to become a leader in the development of the Rio Grande Valley area. (1982)

Hidalgo County Bank and Trust Company is a historical marker in Mercedes, Hidalgo County, dedicated in 1982. It is one of 138 historical markers documented in Hidalgo County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 236 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 26.1503, -97.9134 near Mercedes. The nearest cataloged historic site is The American Rio Grande Land and Irrigation System (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Mercedes City Hall, Mercedes Enterprise, and Immanuel Lutheran Church.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5215002469. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.