Ponchatoula's banking establishments are today located on West Pine Street with Regions, Hancock-Whitney, and First Guaranty banks offering a variety of banking services.
Many years ago, a new bank was established in Ponchatoula to compete with the Merchants and Farmers Bank, which had begun operations in 1903. The new bank was the First State Bank of Hammond with a branch in Ponchatoula, but it wa…