Data / Bank failures / 1979 / The Farmers State Bank
The Farmers State Bank, Protection, KS: failed September 21, 1979
The Farmers State Bank in Protection, Kansas, failed on September 21, 1979. It held $5 million in assets and $4.7 million in deposits at its last report. By assets it was the 9th largest of 10 banks closed or assisted in 1979.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- September 21, 1979
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Payout: the FDIC paid insured depositors directly
- Total assets
- $5,038,000
- Total deposits
- $4,686,000
- Charter
- State nonmember bank (FDIC)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
- FDIC certificate
- 17377
Other bank failures in Kansas, 1977 to 1981
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens State BK of Galena | Galena | November 21, 1980 | $10.3 million | $9.4 million | $973,774 | Citizens STB in Galena |
| The Mission State BK & TR Co. | Mission | August 8, 1980 | $86.4 million | $79.6 million | $15 million | Mission Bank |
| The Citizens State Bank | Viola | June 4, 1980 | $2 million | $1.7 million | $6,774 |
All bank failures in 1979 · All bank failures in Kansas · 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.