Exhibit 99.1

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date:	 April 21, 2009

Company: National Bancshares Corporation
	 112 West Market Street
	 Orrville, Ohio 44667

Contact: David C. Vernon
	 President and CEO

Phone:   330.682.1010
Fax:     330.682.4644


National Bancshares Corporation Appoints James R. Smail, Director

ORRVILLE, Ohio, April 21, 2009 ~ National Bancshares Corporation (OTC: NBOH)
today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed James R. Smail,
a Director of the Company and it`s subsidiary First National Bank. Mr. Smail
has been appointed as a Class II Director, with a term expiring in
April 2010, to fill a position created by the retirement of a former Director.

Mr. Smail is a native of Wayne County, Ohio with a thirty-seven year
background in Banking, Oil and Gas Production, Drilling Contractor, Coal
Mining, Ranching and Real Estate Development. He is Chairman of The Board
and owner of The Monitor Bank of Big Prairie, Ohio. He is an Advisory Board
Member of the Bank of Oklahoma based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was a founding
member of the Independent State Bank of Ohio situated in Columbus, Ohio and
past Officer and Director of the Community Bankers Association of Ohio.
He is Chairman of the Board of J.R. Smail, Inc., an oil and gas producing
company with interests in Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Texas,
Louisiana, Illinois, Montana and West Virginia. He is the immediate Past
President of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association, Past Chairman of the
Governmental Affairs Committee and External Affairs Committee. He is a
member of the Board of Directors of the Independent Producers Association
of America and serves on its Natural Gas Committee. He is a past
founder/Director of Northeast Ohio Natural Gas Corporation, a gas utility
corporation serving residential, industrial and wholesale gas customers
in Ohio. He is a Director and Executive Committee Member of Gatherco, Inc.,
an Ohio gas gathering and transport company and serves as Chairman of its
Compensation Committee. He is a Member of the Board of Directors and
Executive Committee of Energy West, Inc. of Great Falls, Montana, a gas
public utility with interests in Montana, Wyoming, Maine and North Carolina.
He is a member of Grace Brethren Church of Wooster and the Board of Trustees
of Ashland University and its Dauch College of Business and Economics. He is
a member of the Board of Directors of the Wooster Country Club and is Chairman
of the Wayne County Republican Party. Mr. Smail is 62 years old. He and his
wife Sue live in Wooster, Ohio and Fort Myers, Florida.


National Bancshares Corporation`s subsidiary, First National Bank, is
headquartered in Orrville, Ohio with thirteen banking offices in Orrville,
Massillon, Wooster, Apple Creek, Dalton, Kidron, Lodi, Mt. Eaton, Seville
and Smithville.

Forward-Looking Statements ~ This press release contains forward-looking
statements as referenced in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Forward-looking statements are subject to many risks and
uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those indicated
by the forward-looking statements. These include factors such as changes
in the regulatory environment, changes in business conditions and inflation,
risks associated with credit quality and other factors discussed in the
Company`s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including
its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.
The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement.