page_title: TD Banknorth
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: TD Banknorth / History
caption_attribution_description: TD Banknorth building in Burlington, VT
context_page_description: TD Banknorth, formerly Banknorth, was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Toronto-Dominion Bank which conducted banking and insurance activities, primarily serving the northeastern area of the United States, headquartered in Portland, Maine. The bank became TD Bank, N.A. on May 31, 2008.
  In August 2004, Toronto-Dominion Bank became the majority owner, renaming it "TD Banknorth, N.A.", all remaining shares of TD Banknorth were acquired by Toronto-Dominion Bank on April 20, 2007.
  Its operating companies were Banknorth Connecticut, Peoples Heritage Bank, Banknorth Massachusetts, Bank of New Hampshire, Evergreen Bank, Hudson United Bank, Banknorth Vermont, and Bancnorth Insurance Group. The majority of these companies were branded as TD Banknorth of State.
  On April 10, 2008, TD Banknorth merged with New Jersey–based Commerce Bank to form TD Bank, with joint headquarters in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and Portland, Maine. The legal name of the bank was changed to TD Bank, N.A. on May 31, 2008, with all TD Banknorth branches outside of New England and all Commerce Bank branches being rebranded in the fall of 2008. The remaining branches, in New England, took on the new name in September 2009.
context_section_description: The origins of Banknorth Group, now TD Bank, lie in a number of local Maine savings banks, and in Vermont dating back to 1802 with Woodstock National Bank.
caption: TD Banknorth in Burlington, Vermont
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