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Bank Failure

Blanket State Bank

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Closed January 31, 1966 · Blanket, TX .

Closing date
January 31, 1966
Headquarters
Blanket, TX
Total assets at closing
$1.3M
Total deposits at closing
$1.2M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
Not published (the FDIC feed carries no estimate for this failure)
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)

Context

On January 31, 1966, regulators closed Blanket State Bank, headquartered in Blanket, TX. At closing, the institution held approximately $1.3M in assets and $1.2M in deposits. The FDIC record does not name an acquiring institution.

By assets at closing this is the 3111th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 5th of 7 in 1966. It falls in the period the record labels Postwar Stability (1945-1979), a period with 161 failures peaking at 16 in 1976.

Three decades of regulated calm — Reg Q ceilings, geographic branching limits, and high industry profits kept failures rare.

Source: FDIC Failed Banks list. Asset and deposit values reflect the most recent regulatory filing prior to closing.

Common questions

When did Blanket State Bank fail?

Blanket State Bank was closed by regulators on January 31, 1966.

How big was Blanket State Bank when it failed?

Blanket State Bank had approximately $1.3M in total assets and $1.2M in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 1966

Date Bank HQ Assets
Oct 17, 1966 First State Bank of Tuscola Tuscola, TX $3.3M
Oct 12, 1966 Public Bank Detroit, MI $110.1M
Apr 7, 1966 Bank of Gray Summit Gray Summit, MO $1.9M
Mar 17, 1966 Saguache County National Bank Saguache, CO $512K
Jan 24, 1966 Citizens Bank Pottsville, AR $832K
Jan 12, 1966 Five Points National Bank Miami, FL $2.7M