Data / Bank failures / 1989 / The Barber County S & L Assoc.
The Barber County S & L Assoc., Medicine Lodge, KS: failed March 2, 1989
The Barber County S & L Assoc. in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, failed on March 2, 1989. First NB of Medicine Lodge, KS, took over its deposits. It held $47.5 million in assets and $41.7 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $15.4 million (32.3% of its assets). By assets it was the 329th largest of 534 banks closed or assisted in 1989.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- March 2, 1989
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Insured deposit transfer: the insured deposits moved to another bank
- Acquirer
- First NB, Medicine Lodge, KS
- Total assets
- $47,511,000
- Total deposits
- $41,714,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $15,350,962 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- Savings and loan association
- Insurance fund
- RTC
- FDIC certificate
- 27726
Other bank failures in Kansas, 1987 to 1991
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Douglass Bank (assistance) | Kansas City | December 4, 1991 | $31.9 million | $30.2 million | $880,547 | The Douglass Bank |
| The Bank of Horton | Horton | June 13, 1991 | $167.3 million | $170.5 million | $4.3 million | Kansas State Bank |
| First Fsa of Newton | Newton | May 10, 1991 | $125.6 million | $105.8 million | $1.5 million | Central Nb-Newton |
| First FS & La of Pittsburg | Pittsburg | May 3, 1991 | $290.9 million | $143.5 million | $4,726 | Farm & Home Sa |
| The Bazine State Bank | Bazine | April 12, 1990 | $16.9 million | $16.5 million | $2 million | Farmers Bank & Trust, Natio |
| Hiawatha Savings & Loan | Hiawatha | March 9, 1990 | $49.2 million | $54.1 million | $38.4 million | Morrill & Janes B&TC |
| Franklin Fsa | Ottawa | February 16, 1990 | $9.26 billion | $4.64 billion | $38.2 million | |
| Colonial Federal Savings Assoc. | Prairie Village | January 18, 1990 | $136.4 million | $102.4 million | $16.6 million | First Colonial Bank NA |
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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.