Data / Bank failures / 1939 / Commercial Bank of Liberty
Commercial Bank of Liberty, Liberty, KY: failed November 25, 1939
Commercial Bank of Liberty in Liberty, Kentucky, failed on November 25, 1939. It held $548,000 in assets and $502,000 in deposits at its last report. By assets it was the 7th largest of 60 banks closed or assisted in 1939.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- November 25, 1939
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Payout: the FDIC paid insured depositors directly
- Total assets
- $548,000
- Total deposits
- $502,000
- Charter
- State nonmember bank (FDIC)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
Other bank failures in Kentucky, 1937 to 1941
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank of Moreland | Moreland | April 19, 1940 | $142,000 | $124,000 | ||
| Farmers Bank | Dry Ridge | March 23, 1940 | $363,000 | $286,000 | ||
| Providence Citizens Bank | Providence | September 1, 1939 | $306,000 | $251,000 | ||
| The Bank of Rocky Hill | Rocky Hill | March 4, 1939 | $163,000 | $154,000 | ||
| Peoples State Bank | Frankfort | February 21, 1939 | $1.9 million | |||
| Farmers State Bank of London | London | December 21, 1938 | $355,000 | $287,000 | ||
| Bank of Lockport | Lockport | October 11, 1938 | $68,000 | $51,000 | ||
| Bank of Milburn | Milburn | July 11, 1938 | $79,000 | $62,000 |
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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.