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Sussex State Bank, Sussex, WI: failed May 14, 1938
Sussex State Bank in Sussex, Wisconsin, failed on May 14, 1938. It held $290,000 in deposits.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- May 14, 1938
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Total deposits
- $290,000
- Charter
- State nonmember bank (FDIC)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
Other bank failures in Wisconsin, 1936 to 1940
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank of Eagle | Eagle | October 25, 1940 | $457,000 | $387,000 | ||
| Chaseburg State Bank | Chaseburg | July 13, 1940 | $341,000 | |||
| Waushara County Bank | Plainfield | June 25, 1940 | $267,000 | |||
| The Farmers State Bank | Cato | September 15, 1939 | $97,000 | $82,000 | ||
| Bank of Hartland | Hartland | May 29, 1939 | $455,000 | $370,000 | ||
| Eden State Bank | Eden | March 18, 1939 | $179,000 | |||
| State Bank of Forestville | Forestville | March 8, 1939 | $342,000 | $281,000 | ||
| Bank of Hancock | Hancock | January 12, 1939 | $248,000 |
All bank failures in 1938 · All bank failures in Wisconsin · 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.