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Bank Failure

Citizens State Bank

Closed January 4, 1985 · Edgerton, WY · FDIC Cert #22433.

Closing date
January 4, 1985
Headquarters
Edgerton, WY
FDIC Certificate
22433
Total assets at closing
$2.9M
Total deposits at closing
$2.6M
Estimated loss to DIF
$1.2M
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)

Context

On January 4, 1985, regulators closed Citizens State Bank, headquartered in Edgerton, WY. At closing, the institution held approximately $2.9M in assets and $2.6M in deposits. The FDIC resolved the institution without a single-acquirer transaction. The estimated cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund was approximately $1.2M.

By assets at closing this is the 3061st largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 138th of 139 in 1985. It falls in the period the record labels S&L / Banking Crisis (1980-1995), a period with 2,367 failures peaking at 530 in 1989.

Deregulation, interest-rate shocks, and commercial real estate blowups produced the worst US banking failure wave since the Depression. Resulted in FIRREA (1989) and the RTC.

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

Common questions

When did Citizens State Bank fail?

Citizens State Bank was closed by regulators on January 4, 1985.

How big was Citizens State Bank when it failed?

Citizens State Bank had approximately $2.9M in total assets and $2.6M in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 1985

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 20, 1985 First City Bank Glendale, CA $35.8M
Dec 20, 1985 State Bank of Frost Frost, MN $7.7M
Dec 19, 1985 Princeton State Bank Princeton, MO $18.4M
Dec 19, 1985 Farmers State Bank Sargent, NE $12.5M
Dec 19, 1985 Bank of Panama Panama, NE $4.4M
Dec 19, 1985 Farmers & Merchants Bank Comstock, NE $3.3M
Dec 13, 1985 The First National Bank in Lincoln County Ruidoso, NM $32.0M
Dec 13, 1985 Lake National Bank Lake Ozark, MO $19.8M