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Bank of Lewisport, Lewisport, KY: failed August 6, 1934

Bank of Lewisport in Lewisport, Kentucky, failed on August 6, 1934. It held $81,000 in assets and $68,000 in deposits at its last report. By assets it was the 8th largest of 9 banks closed or assisted in 1934.

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The FDIC's record

Closed
August 6, 1934
Type
Failure
How it was resolved
Payout: the FDIC paid insured depositors directly
Total assets
$81,000
Total deposits
$68,000
Charter
State nonmember bank (FDIC)
Insurance fund
FDIC

The FDIC record

Other bank failures in Kentucky, 1932 to 1936

BankCityClosedAssetsDepositsEstimated costAcquirer
Walton Equitable BankWaltonJuly 3, 1936$235,000
Hardin BankHardinApril 18, 1936$72,000$53,000
Peoples BankFranklintonMarch 2, 1936$93,000$75,000
The Farmers BankWest LouisvilleDecember 16, 1935$55,000$37,000

All bank failures in 1934 · All bank failures in Kentucky · The full failed bank list

Read from the FDIC's failures data (BankFind), last updated 2026-10-23. Assets and deposits are as of the last report before failure; the estimated cost is the FDIC's latest estimate of the loss to its insurance fund and changes as the receivership winds down. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0.