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Carter County Commercial Bank, Olive Hill, KY: failed October 30, 1937

Carter County Commercial Bank in Olive Hill, Kentucky, failed on October 30, 1937. It held $139,000 in assets and $109,000 in deposits at its last report. By assets it was the 29th largest of 75 banks closed or assisted in 1937.

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The FDIC's record

Closed
October 30, 1937
Type
Failure
How it was resolved
Payout: the FDIC paid insured depositors directly
Total assets
$139,000
Total deposits
$109,000
Charter
State nonmember bank (FDIC)
Insurance fund
FDIC

The FDIC record

Other bank failures in Kentucky, 1935 to 1939

BankCityClosedAssetsDepositsEstimated costAcquirer
Commercial Bank of LibertyLibertyNovember 25, 1939$548,000$502,000
Providence Citizens BankProvidenceSeptember 1, 1939$306,000$251,000
The Bank of Rocky HillRocky HillMarch 4, 1939$163,000$154,000
Peoples State BankFrankfortFebruary 21, 1939$1.9 million
Farmers State Bank of LondonLondonDecember 21, 1938$355,000$287,000
Bank of LockportLockportOctober 11, 1938$68,000$51,000
Bank of MilburnMilburnJuly 11, 1938$79,000$62,000
Central Savings BankNewportJune 22, 1938$1.4 million

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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.