SouthernTrust Bank was organized in 2005 as a commercial state bank by business men and women from Johnson County and the surrounding areas. The organizers had a strong desire to establish a community-minded financial institution that would service its local communities with personal service. SouthernTrust Bank began as a locally owned financial institution with offices in Goreville and Vienna, Illinois. On May 27, 2005 SouthernTrust Bank was granted a charter and officially opened for business at both locations on May 31, 2005. In the fall of 2009 SouthernTrust opened its new bank building and corporate office in Goreville. We celebrated this moment in our bank's history with an Open House in October with our shareholders, directors, employees, and community members. Our third and most recent facility opened at the Lake of Egypt on December 21, 2009. With this we expanded our footprint into the surrounding community.