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                                                                      Exhibit 31


                                  CERTIFICATION

        I, Louis E. Prezeau, the President and Chief Executive Officer of City
        National Bancshares Corporation, certify that:

1.      I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of City National
        Bancshares Corporation;

2.      Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue
        statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
        to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
        such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
        covered by this annual report;

3.      Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
        information included in this annual report, fairly present in all
        material respects the financial condition, results of operations and
        cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
        this annual report;

4.      The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
        establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
        defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
        registrant and we have:

        a)      designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
                disclosure controls or procedures to be designed under our
                supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
                registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
                known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
                the period in which this annual report is being prepared;

        b)      evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
                controls and procedures and presented in this report our
                conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
                and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
                report based on such evaluation; and

        c)      disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
                control over financial reporting that occurred during the
                registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth
                fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
                materially affected, or is reasonably likely to affect, the
                registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

5.      The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based
        on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
        reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of
        registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
        functions):

        a)      all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
                design or operation of internal controls over financial
                reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
                registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report
                financial data and have identified for the registrant's auditors
                any material weaknesses in internal control; and

        b)      any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
                other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
                internal control over financial reporting.

        Date: March 29, 2005               (s)Louis E. Prezeau
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                                           (Signature)
                                           Louis E. Prezeau
                                           Chief Executive Officer and President
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                                  CERTIFICATION

        I, Edward R. Wright, the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice
        President of City National Bancshares Corporation, certify that:

1.      I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of City National
        Bancshares Corporation;

2.      Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue
        statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
        to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
        such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
        covered by this annual report;

3.      Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
        information included in this annual report, fairly present in all
        material respects the financial condition, results of operations and
        cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
        this annual report;

4.      The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
        establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
        defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15e and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant
        and we have:

        a)      designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
                disclosure controls or procedures to be designed under our
                supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
                registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
                known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
                the period in which this annual report is being prepared;

        b)      evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
                controls and procedures and presented in this report our
                conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
                and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
                report based on such evaluation; and

        c)      disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
                control over financial reporting that occurred during the
                registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth
                fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
                materially affected, or is reasonably likely to affect, the
                registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

        d)      The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed,
                based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
                financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
                committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons
                performing the equivalent functions):

        a)      all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
                design or operation of internal controls over financial
                reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
                registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report
                financial data and have identified for the registrant's auditors
                any material weaknesses in internal control; and

        b)      any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
                other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
                internal control over financial reporting.

        Date: March 29, 2005   (s)Edward R. Wright
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                               (Signature)
                               Edward R. Wright
                               Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer