United Bank (West Virginia)


United Bankshares is a bank holding company headquartered in Charleston, West Virginia with operations in West Virginia, Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and South Carolina in the United States.
Based on total deposits, United Bank is the largest bank headquartered in West Virginia and the 2nd largest bank operating in West Virginia, after Truist Financial. It is the 8th largest bank operating in Virginia and the 10th largest bank operating in the District of Columbia.

History

The company traces its roots to St. Patrick's Day 1839, when Northwestern Bank of Virginia opened an office in Parkersburg ; every St. Patrick's Day, it gives shamrocks to its customers. That office eventually evolved into Parkersburg National Bank.
In 1982, Parkersburg National began reorganizing as a holding company, United Bankshares. In 1984, United commenced full operations when it acquired Parkersburg National and two other banks. Richard Adams has been chairman and/or CEO of United and its predecessor, Parkersburg National, since 1975.
In 1987, the company became a public company via an initial public offering.

Acquisitions

The company has made the following acquisitions:
#Date CompletedCompanyPriceRef.
1Bank First, NA$10million
2First National Bank of Weirton$4million
3Liberty Bancshares, Inc.$12million
4Summit Holding Corporation$22million
5Financial Future Corporation$18million
6CB&T Westover Bank$8million
7First Commercial Bank$11million
8Eagle Bancorp, Inc.$93million
9First Patriot Bankshares Corporation$39million
10George Mason Bankshares, Inc.$208million
11Fed One Bancorp, Inc.$92million
12Century Bancshares Inc.$70million
13Sequoia Bancshares, Inc.$112million
14Premier Community Bankshares, Inc.$200million
15Centra Financial Holdings, Inc.$185million
16Virginia Commerce Bancorp, Inc.$467million
17Bank of Georgetown$269million
18Cardinal Bank$929million
19Carolina Financial Corp.$1,100million