History – Financial Corporation
From one branch and $1.6 million in assets in 1962, Town and Country Financial Corporation (headquarters in Springfield, Illinois) has grown to a strongly capitalized, multi-bank holding company. Offering 10 convenient locations and 16 ATMs in Central Illinois, online and telephone banking, local ownership and local decision making, we are eager to become your bank.
Innovative solutions and personalized service is our focus and Micah Bartlett, Town and Country Financial Corp.'s President and Chief Operating Officer, is leading the way. Mr. Bartlett has over eighteen years of executive banking experience. He holds an MBA from Northern Illinois University, a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois - Springfield, passed his CPA exam in November 1995, and is an alumni of the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin.
Town and Country Financial Corp.'s employees are experienced and knowledgeable bankers – they are your friends, neighbors, and family who live and work in your community. Our common belief is that bankers help people by making banking easier. Driving the continued growth and success of the company is David Kirschner, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. David's father, Henry Kirschner, was one of our early founders and a man whose ingenuity and pioneering spirit is credited with our early success.
Henry began his banking career in July 1933 as a messenger at the Stockyards National Bank in St. Joseph, Missouri. In 1967, having relocated to Springfield, Henry was one of five local businessmen who purchased a substantial amount of stock in Town & Country Bank of Springfield and immediately took on the role as President. He was named CEO in 1978 and continued to expand the bank both in size and number of branches. Sadly, Henry Kirschner passed away in 2009 at the age of 94.
Town and Country Financial Corporation was an early adopter of the holding company structure and subsequently acquired Farmers State Bank of Buffalo, Bank of Palmyra, Logan County Bank of Lincoln, and a branch of Associated Bank in Mt. Zion. A seperate mortgage company was also created, Town & Country Banc Mortgage Services, Inc.
In the past few years, Town and Country Financial Corporation expanded into a 28,000 sq. ft. facility at 3601 Wabash Avenue, a branch on North Dirksen Parkway, both in Springfield, and a branch near Hickory Point Mall in Forsyth. Currently there are nine branches and ten ATM locations in Central Illinois and nearly $370 million in assets.
More recently (July 11, 2009), Town and Country Financial Corporation joined the branches of Town & Country Bank in Forsyth and Mt. Zion with the Town & Country Bank branches in Springfield. Also included was the loan production office in downtown Decatur. In conjunction with joining the office and branches in Decatur, Forsyth, Mt. Zion and Springfield, leadership at Town and Country Financial Corporation will join the branches in Buffalo and Lincoln. This strategy was designed in an effort to better serve the different needs of our customers.
All of us at Town and Country Financial Corporation proudly embrace the belief that Bankers help people. We are committed to growing our innovative products and services, as well as convenient locations.
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