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Savings Bank of Nanticoke, Nanticoke, MD: failed October 4, 1940

Savings Bank of Nanticoke in Nanticoke, Maryland, failed on October 4, 1940. It held $190,000 in assets and $159,000 in deposits at its last report. By assets it was the 10th largest of 43 banks closed or assisted in 1940.

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The FDIC's record

Closed
October 4, 1940
Type
Failure
How it was resolved
Payout: the FDIC paid insured depositors directly
Total assets
$190,000
Total deposits
$159,000
Charter
State nonmember bank (FDIC)
Insurance fund
FDIC

The FDIC record

Other bank failures in Maryland, 1938 to 1942

BankCityClosedAssetsDepositsEstimated costAcquirer
The Hillsboro-Queen Anne Bank, Inc.HillsboroJanuary 21, 1939$249,000
The Harford BankBel AirDecember 31, 1938$893,000$669,000
Takoma Park BankTakoma ParkJuly 23, 1938$2 million
Commercial Bank of MarylandFrederickJuly 1, 1938$1.4 million

All bank failures in 1940 · All bank failures in Maryland · 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.