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First National Bank of Eldora, Eldora, IA: failed October 5, 1973
First National Bank of Eldora in Eldora, Iowa, failed on October 5, 1973. It held $8.1 million in assets and $7.5 million in deposits at its last report. By assets it was the 4th largest of 6 banks closed or assisted in 1973.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- October 5, 1973
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Total assets
- $8,072,000
- Total deposits
- $7,540,000
- Charter
- National bank (supervised by the OCC)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
- FDIC certificate
- 10498
Other bank failures in Iowa, 1971 to 1975
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cromwell State Savings Bank | Cromwell | October 9, 1974 | $3.5 million | $3.3 million |
All bank failures in 1973 · All bank failures in Iowa · 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.