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The First National Bank of Centerville, Centerville, SD: failed December 18, 1936

The First National Bank of Centerville in Centerville, South Dakota, failed on December 18, 1936. It held $569,000 in assets and $506,000 in deposits at its last report. By assets it was the 6th largest of 69 banks closed or assisted in 1936.

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The FDIC's record

Closed
December 18, 1936
Type
Failure
How it was resolved
Payout: the FDIC paid insured depositors directly
Total assets
$569,000
Total deposits
$506,000
Charter
State nonmember bank (FDIC)
Insurance fund
FDIC

The FDIC record

Other bank failures in South Dakota, 1934 to 1938

BankCityClosedAssetsDepositsEstimated costAcquirer
First State BankWilmotSeptember 29, 1938$165,000$112,000
Jerauld County BankWessington SpringsAugust 31, 1938$260,000$211,000
Hitchcock State BankHitchcockAugust 24, 1938$79,000$54,000
Bank of Highmore (drew Bros.)HighmoreAugust 16, 1938$109,000$79,000
Hutchinson County BankParkstonJuly 27, 1938$273,000$215,000
Hudson State BankHudsonJuly 12, 1938$254,000$209,000
Citizens State Bank of AndoverAndoverMay 17, 1938$78,000$48,000
State Bank of IreneIreneApril 25, 1938$176,000$142,000

All bank failures in 1936 · All bank failures in South Dakota · 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.