Welcoming Santa Anna to the Coleman County State Bank Family

In the summer of 2025, Coleman County State Bank proudly expanded its footprint by welcoming the customers and employees of Santa Anna National Bank. This transition represented more than growth—it reinforced our longstanding commitment to the communities we call home.

Today, we're honored to serve the Santa Anna community as part of the Coleman County State Bank family and look forward to building on the legacy of community banking for generations to come!

Reverence of History

In 2021, construction began on 118 West Pecan’s exterior as the Main Branch underwent a much-needed restoration. Not since the early 1970s had the building seen major renovations. Seeking to preserve the historical attributes of the building, the bank worked with an architectural firm to ensure the process was completed satisfactorily. Each brick in disrepair was replaced one by one, along with more than 130 original windows, with modern ones installed in their place to aid in weatherproofing. Most notably was the removal of the gold aluminum façade that blanketed the building from corner to corner since the 1970s and concealed its beautiful red brick for decades. With the completion of the building’s exterior, the focus now shifts to a complete renovation of the interior, which will commence in 2023. The objective remains to pay homage to the building’s history while bringing it forward technologically into today’s age.

Growth in Abilene

After experiencing continued, decades-long growth, construction commenced in 2020 on the bank’s third and newest location. Situated across from ACU within the Allen Ridge master-planned development in Abilene, the new branch reflects the bank’s continued promise to support and invest in the communities it serves.

The North location officially opened its doors in December 2021, and the following month, the bank hosted an open house and ribbon cutting with the Abilene Chamber Redcoats.

Success in the Abilene Market

Seeking to spread its roots within the Big Country, the bank expanded into Taylor County and entered the Abilene market in 2004. A new 4,500 square-foot building at 4609 Southwest Dr. was commissioned to house the new full-service banking center, which was completed a year later in 2005.

The Abilene Banking Center thrived in its new location and further expanded the bank's client base. Nearly a decade after the initial move to Abilene, an additional 1,500 square feet were added onto the building in 2014 to accommodate the expansion of the mortgage center, which was and is continually experiencing rapid growth in the Abilene market.

With a thriving client base in the area, a loan production office was opened in Abilene in January 2017.

Locally-Owned Hometown Bank

In January 1985, a group of local businessmen and women acquired Coleman Bank, proudly returning it to local ownership. Records show that the bank had just over $43,000,000 in assets at the time. Official approval from the State Department of Banking was received on January 16, 1985; and the bank was then reverted to its 1936 name, Coleman County State Bank. It was a momentous occasion to return to its original roots as a locally owned, hometown bank. Operations have continued at 118 West Pecan Street, as it has since the bank first moved into the building in 1948.

The bank experienced more growth and expansion in 1942 as it bought the assets of First State Bank in Talpa.

Six years later, in 1948, the bank purchased and moved to its now present Main Branch location at 118 West Pecan Street, where it has operated for more than 70 years.