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One of 43 National Register listings published here for Pottawattamie County · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Hancock Savings Bank
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The listing
- Listing status. The Park Service records this property as Removed.
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 311 Main St., Hancock, 51536
- Category. building
- Township. Valley township
- National Register reference number. 83000401 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hancock Savings Bank: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avoca Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
17 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hancock, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2014 | Flood | Hancock | $5,000 | Heavy rainfall at the end of August allowed the West Nishnabotna River to rise above flood stage on the early morning on the 1st, crest during the early afternoon, and fall below flood stage during the early evening. The flooding was minor and confined to low-lying areas along the river. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Hancock | - | Emergency management report of hail measured up to 1.75 in diameter. |
| July 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Hancock | - | A tornado impacted a farm on Reflection Lane. There was significant tree damage, windows were blown out of the home, and a large barn had nearly all walls collapse and the roof was removed. There was damage to grain bins farther to the east, and trees were topped to the west along the Nishnabotna River. |
| August 2023 | Heavy Rain | Hancock | - | Public reported 4.38-inches of rainfall. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hancock | - | Public reported an estimated 70 mph wind gust with pea size hail. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hancock | - | Emergency manager reported trees and powerlines down. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Hancock | - | Storm spotter reported ping pong size hail. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Hancock | - | Heavy rainfall over a two-day period in mid Decmbert brought the West Nishnabotna River near Hancock above flood stage with a crest to just above the flood stage of 14.0 feet. The river crested on the evening of December 14th at a state of 14.32 feet. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Hancock | - | Hail up to quarter-size lasted for around 10 minutes. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hancock | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph uprooted a few trees near Hancock and knocked down power lines. Around 3000 customers lost power in the Hancock and Underwood area. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hancock | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed several large tree branches. |
| June 2008 | Flood | Hancock | - | A week of heavy rain producing thunderstorms through June 11th fell across the Nishnabotna River basin in southwest Iowa. The heavy rain caused flooding along the West Nishnabotna from around Hancock, in Pottawattamie county, through Randolph in Fremont county to its merger with the East Nishnabotna River near Hamburg. The river at Hancock in Pottawattamie county reached an 18.5 foot crest around 1215pm CDT on June 12th, flood stage is 14 feet. The river at Hancock fell below flood stage during the evening hours of June 12th. The flooding closed several county roads and also flooded agricultural lowlands in the area. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Hancock | - | The hail was accompanied by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph which flattened corn in the area. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hancock | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at around 60 mph were reported west of Hancock. The winds were accompanied by 1 inch hail and flattened crops in the area. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hancock | - | Home severely damaged. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Hancock | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Hancock | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
5 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Pottawattamie County Sub Courthouse | 6.1 miles | 1981 |
 | Charles Henry and Charlotte Norton House | 6.3 miles | 2004 |
 | Graceland Cemetery Chapel | 7.1 miles | 1986 |
 | Francis A. and Rose M. Turner House | 7.8 miles | 1997 |
| Carstens Farmstead | 8.0 miles | 1979 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83000401 in Record Group 79. |
| Pottawattamie County | All 43 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.