Is it correct to say that a community federal credit union can serve a CBSA, an adjacent area (assuming there is appropriate interaction between the communities), and an area designated as rural?

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No. A federal credit union cannot submit a request to serve a community that includes both a well-defined local community and a rural district. A community area can consist of either a "well-defined local community" or a "rural district." However, an adjacent area can be added to a Core-Based Statistical Area if it qualifies as a well-defined local community supported by a narrative evidencing interaction or common interests. 2.5 million, grandfather, adjacent area, csa, cbsa, single political jurisdiction, core based statistical area, msa, metro, micro, metropolitan statistical area, micropolitan statistical area, combined statistical area, rural, community