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The First National Bank of Pukwana, Pukwana, SD: failed June 16, 1937
The First National Bank of Pukwana in Pukwana, South Dakota, failed on June 16, 1937. It held $127,000 in deposits.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- June 16, 1937
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Total deposits
- $127,000
- Charter
- National bank (supervised by the OCC)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
Other bank failures in South Dakota, 1935 to 1939
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First State Bank | Wilmot | September 29, 1938 | $165,000 | $112,000 | ||
| Jerauld County Bank | Wessington Springs | August 31, 1938 | $260,000 | $211,000 | ||
| Hitchcock State Bank | Hitchcock | August 24, 1938 | $79,000 | $54,000 | ||
| Bank of Highmore (drew Bros.) | Highmore | August 16, 1938 | $109,000 | $79,000 | ||
| Hutchinson County Bank | Parkston | July 27, 1938 | $273,000 | $215,000 | ||
| Hudson State Bank | Hudson | July 12, 1938 | $254,000 | $209,000 | ||
| Citizens State Bank of Andover | Andover | May 17, 1938 | $78,000 | $48,000 | ||
| State Bank of Irene | Irene | April 25, 1938 | $176,000 | $142,000 |
All bank failures in 1937 · 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.