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Hereford State Bank

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Closed August 24, 1984 · Hereford, CO · FDIC Cert #9219.

Closing date
August 24, 1984
Headquarters
Hereford, CO
FDIC Certificate
9219
Total assets at closing
$2.7M
Total deposits at closing
$2.5M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$765K
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)

Context

On August 24, 1984, regulators closed Hereford State Bank, headquartered in Hereford, CO. At closing, the institution held approximately $2.7M in assets and $2.5M in deposits. The FDIC record does not name an acquiring institution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $765K.

By assets at closing this is the 3070th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 83rd of 83 in 1984. 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 Hereford State Bank fail?

Hereford State Bank was closed by regulators on August 24, 1984.

How big was Hereford State Bank when it failed?

Hereford State Bank had approximately $2.7M in total assets and $2.5M in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 1984

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 22, 1984 First Security Bank Sandwich, IL $13.4M
Dec 20, 1984 The Farmers State Bank Selden, KS $14.6M
Dec 18, 1984 Uehling State Bank Uehling, NE $4.2M
Dec 11, 1984 University Bank of Wichita Wichita, KS $4.7M
Dec 7, 1984 San Marino S&LA San Marino, CA $856.8M
Dec 7, 1984 Farmers State BK of Holyoke Holyoke, CO $3.9M
Dec 4, 1984 Golden Spike State Bank Tremonton, UT $7.8M
Nov 30, 1984 The Dayton BK & TR Co. Dayton, TN $51.4M