On St. Patrick's Day, some branches celebrate the bank's birthday by giving shamrocks to customers.

In 1982, Parkersburg National began reorganizing as a holding company, United Bankshares.

In 1984, United commenced full operations when it acquired Parkersburg National and two other banks.

[1] In 2022, American Banker named Richard Adams the “longest-serving CEO among the top 100 U.S. banks” after 47 years.

[5] Richard “Rick” Adams, Jr., who has served as United’s president since 2014, became CEO in April 2022.