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Bank Failure

Community Bank

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Closed June 17, 1983 · Hartford, SD · FDIC Cert #6066.

Closing date
June 17, 1983
Headquarters
Hartford, SD
FDIC Certificate
6066
Total assets at closing
$32.0M
Total deposits at closing
$28.3M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$5.9M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Western Bank

Context

On June 17, 1983, regulators closed Community Bank, headquartered in Hartford, SD. At closing, the institution held approximately $32.0M in assets and $28.3M in deposits. The FDIC record names Western Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $5.9M.

By assets at closing this is the 1999th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 22nd of 50 in 1983. 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 Community Bank fail?

Community Bank was closed by regulators on June 17, 1983.

Who acquired Community Bank?

The FDIC record names Western Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Community Bank.

How big was Community Bank when it failed?

Community Bank had approximately $32.0M in total assets and $28.3M in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 1983

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 16, 1983 The Bank of Red Oak Red Oak, OK $11.1M
Dec 13, 1983 Bank of Hackleburg Hackleburg, AL $6.5M
Dec 9, 1983 Union Trust Company San Juan, PR $30.6M
Dec 2, 1983 Metro FS&LA Lake Charles, LA $27.4M
Nov 25, 1983 Atkinson Trust & Savings Bank Atkinson, IL $21.1M
Nov 11, 1983 First Nat BK of Browning Browning, MT $13.7M
Nov 3, 1983 State of Clovis, Sa Clovis, NM $30.9M
Oct 28, 1983 Cleveland Community Savings Co. Cleveland, OH $21.0M