Data / Bank failures / 1983 / The Douglass State Bank
The Douglass State Bank, Kansas City, KS: failed September 2, 1983
The Douglass State Bank in Kansas City, Kansas, failed on September 2, 1983. Douglass Bank of Kansas City, KS, took over its deposits. It held $35.4 million in assets and $31.2 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $10.8 million (30.6% of its assets). By assets it was the 60th largest of 99 banks closed or assisted in 1983.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- September 2, 1983
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Acquirer
- Douglass Bank, Kansas City, KS
- Total assets
- $35,385,000
- Total deposits
- $31,156,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $10,842,560 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- State nonmember bank (FDIC)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
- FDIC certificate
- 16614
Other bank failures in Kansas, 1981 to 1985
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Ru | La Crosse | November 21, 1985 | $32.6 million | $28.9 million | $10 million | |
| Decataur County National Bank of Oberlin | Oberlin | November 21, 1985 | $18.4 million | $16.8 million | $4 million | Bank of Oberlin |
| The Sedan State Bank | Sedan | September 25, 1985 | $28.2 million | $26.6 million | $8.3 million | |
| The Bank of Bronson | Bronson | August 23, 1985 | $9.6 million | $9.3 million | $3 million | |
| State Bank of Herndon | Herndon | August 14, 1985 | $6.2 million | $5.8 million | $1.6 million | |
| Kansas American Bank | Overland Park | July 25, 1985 | $25.7 million | $23.9 million | $6.4 million | Midamerican B&T Overland |
| Citizens State Bank of El Dorado | El Dorado | July 25, 1985 | $31.2 million | $29.5 million | $1.5 million | National Bank of El Dora |
| The First National Bank of Onaga | Onaga | July 23, 1985 | $22.4 million | $22.3 million | $2.2 million | First National Bank of O |
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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.