Data / Bank failures / 1937 / First State Bank
First State Bank, Barbourville, KY: failed October 29, 1937
First State Bank in Barbourville, Kentucky, failed on October 29, 1937. It held $425,000 in assets and $391,000 in deposits at its last report. By assets it was the 11th largest of 75 banks closed or assisted in 1937.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- October 29, 1937
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Payout: the FDIC paid insured depositors directly
- Total assets
- $425,000
- Total deposits
- $391,000
- Charter
- State nonmember bank (FDIC)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
Other bank failures in Kentucky, 1935 to 1939
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial Bank of Liberty | Liberty | November 25, 1939 | $548,000 | $502,000 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Central Savings Bank | Newport | June 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.