Why are there so many First National banks?

All the places i have been all have a First National Bank,So can someone here tell me does that mean that the bank was the first in that region to get a charter from the Feds or What?[?] Like they cant all be First? Or can they?[#offtopic][#offtopic][#offtopic]

See thread above…

Why not just have two banks in an area: one could be named First Chance Bank,
and the other could be called Last Chance Bank. [angel]

Because they finance all the railroads?

(I’m ASSuming this has something to actually do with railroading, right?)

Question is how Star bucks stays in bussiness? entered one in
Ottawa and was blown away by prices…drink there and you should be
among the stars saying good bye to your bucks…as for the bank who
can really say…as popular …

really
David