Farmers completes merger with National Bancshares

CANFIELD — Farmers National Bank of Canfield became a seven-county institution after it closed the deal to merge First National Bank of Orrville into the Mahoning Valley bank’s footprint this week.

The $74-million merger, first announced it January, gives Farmers $1.6 billion in assets, about 425 employees, $1 billion in trust assets and 33 offices in Mahoning, Trumbull, Columbiana, Stark, Wayne, Medina, and Cuyahoga counties.

Farmers National Banc Corp., the holding company of Farmers National Bank, announced the completion of the merger today.

“We’re very pleased with the results,” said Kevin J. Helmick, president and chief executive officer of Farmers.

Mark Witmer, CEO of First National, said the merger reflects the bank’s legacy of growing through merging with other banks.

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