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The Farmers Bank, West Louisville, KY: failed December 16, 1935
The Farmers Bank in West Louisville, Kentucky, failed on December 16, 1935. It held $55,000 in assets and $37,000 in deposits at its last report. By assets it was the 23rd largest of 25 banks closed or assisted in 1935.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- December 16, 1935
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Payout: the FDIC paid insured depositors directly
- Total assets
- $55,000
- Total deposits
- $37,000
- Charter
- State nonmember bank (FDIC)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
Other bank failures in Kentucky, 1933 to 1937
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter County Commercial Bank | Olive Hill | October 30, 1937 | $139,000 | $109,000 | ||
| First State Bank | Barbourville | October 29, 1937 | $425,000 | $391,000 | ||
| Bank of Sturgis | Sturgis | July 3, 1937 | $246,000 | $213,000 | ||
| The Taylor National Bank of Campbellsville | Campbellsville | June 30, 1937 | $1.7 million | $914,000 | ||
| Ghent Deposit Bank | Ghent | June 26, 1937 | $223,000 | $189,000 | ||
| Walton Equitable Bank | Walton | July 3, 1936 | $235,000 | |||
| Hardin Bank | Hardin | April 18, 1936 | $72,000 | $53,000 | ||
| Peoples Bank | Franklinton | March 2, 1936 | $93,000 | $75,000 |
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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.