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Donelson Bank & Trust Co., Donelson, TN: failed March 25, 1936

Donelson Bank & Trust Co. in Donelson, Tennessee, failed on March 25, 1936. It held $131,000 in deposits.

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The FDIC's record

Closed
March 25, 1936
Type
Failure
How it was resolved
Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
Total deposits
$131,000
Charter
State nonmember bank (FDIC)
Insurance fund
FDIC

The FDIC record

Other bank failures in Tennessee, 1934 to 1938

BankCityClosedAssetsDepositsEstimated costAcquirer
Home Bank & Trust CompanyWinchesterAugust 19, 1938$401,000$278,000
Bethel Springs BankBethel SpringsJuly 22, 1938$39,000
Peoples Bank & Trust CompanySpartaFebruary 10, 1938$123,000
Farmers & Merchants BankNewbernJuly 17, 1937$264,000$189,000
Robbins Bank & Trust CompanyRobbinsApril 15, 1937$29,000
Cross Plains BankCross PlainsApril 10, 1936$50,000$32,000
Clifton State BankCliftonMarch 27, 1936$30,000$22,000
Farmers & Merchants BankAdamsFebruary 1, 1936$14,000$5,000

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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.