Data / Bank failures / 1988 / Frontier National Bank
Frontier National Bank, Round Rock, TX: failed October 27, 1988
Frontier National Bank in Round Rock, Texas, failed on October 27, 1988. First State Bank of Austin, TX, took over its deposits. It held $39.5 million in assets and $39.3 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $11.5 million (29.1% of its assets). By assets it was the 306th largest of 470 banks closed or assisted in 1988.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- October 27, 1988
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Acquirer
- First State Bank, Austin, TX
- Total assets
- $39,529,000
- Total deposits
- $39,271,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $11,516,765 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- National bank (supervised by the OCC)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
- FDIC certificate
- 23454
Other bank failures in Texas, 1986 to 1990
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peoples State Bank | Dallas | December 14, 1990 | $30.3 million | $30.6 million | $6.3 million | Comerica Bank - Texas |
| The State Bank of Omaha | Omaha | December 14, 1990 | $20.5 million | $20.6 million | $5.3 million | The First National Bank of |
| Washington County State Bank | Brenham | December 13, 1990 | $77.7 million | $77.5 million | $9.4 million | Channelview Bank |
| Andrews Savings & Loan Assoc. | Andrews | December 7, 1990 | $126.1 million | $109.7 million | $11 million | |
| First National Bank of Rowlett | Rowlett | December 7, 1990 | $20.5 million | $21.4 million | $6.5 million | U.S. Trust Company of Texas |
| Heights Bank | Harker Heights | December 7, 1990 | $28.8 million | $27 million | $4.7 million | Heights State Bank |
| First Southwest FS & La | Tyler | November 30, 1990 | $51.2 million | $45.3 million | $4.9 million | Citizens Bank |
| Atascosa Sa | Jourdanton | November 30, 1990 | $34.7 million | $32.9 million | $7.1 million |
Other failed banks First State Bank took over
| Bank | City | State | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmers' and Traders' State Bank | Shabbona | IL | June 8, 2012 | $43.1 million | $42.3 million | $10.2 million | First State Bank |
| Valley Community Bank | ST. Charles | IL | February 25, 2011 | $123.8 million | $124.2 million | $28.3 million | First State Bank |
| First National Bank of Cedar Hill | Cedar Hill | TX | May 16, 1991 | $11 million | $11.1 million | $2.6 million | First State Bank |
| First Fsa of Wewoka | Wewoka | OK | March 8, 1991 | $32.9 million | $27.9 million | $5.2 million | First State Bank |
| Bank of Meeker | Meeker | OK | March 15, 1990 | $15.5 million | $15.5 million | $3.8 million | First State Bank |
| Citizens Bank and Trust | Calvert | TX | March 9, 1989 | $14.2 million | $16.8 million | $5.3 million | First State Bank |
| The First National Bank of Gracemont | Gracemont | OK | November 10, 1988 | $6.6 million | $6.8 million | $1 million | First State Bank |
| Round Rock National Bank | Round Rock | TX | October 27, 1988 | $37 million | $37.1 million | $20 million | First State Bank |
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Read from the FDIC's failures data (BankFind), last updated 2026-10-24. 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.