this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . april 2014 united bank genre financial services founded 1905 headquarters zebulon georgia united states area served metro atlanta area owner edwards family employees and outside shareholders . divisions 23 website 1 united bank is a local bank that was first established in zebulon georgia united states . united bank was originally founded as the bank of zebulon in 1905 and later in 1986 took on the name that it still has today . though it only had a few branches in its early days of business united bank now has over twenty one offices south of the metro atlanta area . 1 while many banks in georgia and all across the united states have been failing throughout the difficult economic times in recent years united bank has succeeded in expanding its business . history edit in 1905 what is now known as united bank was founded by a group of local business men from zebulon georgia . in the middle of the great depression many banks were failing and losing hope that economic system of the united states would soon overcome this downfall . during this time however united bank then the bank of zebulon became the 172nd bank in the nation to become a member of the federal deposit insurance corporation fdic in 1935 . 2 milestones edit in 1972 lamar state bank of barnesville georgia was established . 3 this was one of the first new branches taken on by what was later the united bank corporation . by 1981 united bank corporation was formed as a holding company for its additional banks and branches . 4 at this point the only banks included in this were the bank of zebulon and lamar state bank . in the mid 1980s the banks owned by the united bank corporation changed their names to united bank and the mortgage division of united bank was established . 5 by 1990 united bank continued to expand with its purchase of first federal bank in griffin georgia . 6 throughout the mid 1990s united bank began to provide bank branches within grocery stores and a local call center that provided full customer service over the phone . in 1997 united bank provided a division of the bank for investment management and also acquired the offices in thomaston georgia of nationsbank n.a. over the years united bank not only opened up new branches on its own but also bought out many failing banks in the area . 7 in 2004 united bank opened an additional branch in the historic district of madison georgia . 8 the opening of this division expanded the amount of customers that banked with united bank . by 2007 two additional branches were opened bringing united bank in to the covington georgia area . in the next two years united bank acquired the deposits of first georgia community bank in jackson and locust grove and first coweta bank 9 creating new united bank branches in newnan hogansville and whitesburg georgia . at the start of 2010 united bank joined the presto network which allows unlimited and free atm transactions at over one thousand publix supermarket stores . at the end of 2010 an additional branch of united bank had been opened in griffin georgia . the deposits of first national bank of barnesville were also assumed by united bank which brought in additional business . in 2011 a new office was added in the covington area . 10 references edit our story . united bank corporation . 2011 . http www.accessunited.com about aboutus.asp the story of united bank . web . retrieved 28 september 2011 . a tradition of service to our customers and communities . web . united bank corporation . retrieved 28 september 2011 . a tradition of service to our customers and communities . web . retrieved 29 september 2011 . a tradition of service to our customers and communities . web . retrieved 28 september 2011 . a tradition of service to our customers and communities . web . retrieved 28 september 2011 . trubey j. scott 30 november 2009 . big 3 won t buy failed banks . atlanta business chronicle . retrieved 8 december 2011 . a tradition of service to our customers and communities . web . retrieved 28 september 2011 . skinner winston august 22 2009 . united takeover of first coweta second in a year . the newnan times herald . retrieved 7 december 2011 . a tradition of service to our customers and communities . web . retrieved 28 september 2011 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title united bank atlanta metropolitan area & oldid 683901127 categories banks based in georgia u.s. state hidden categories orphaned articles from april 2014all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page 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