Data / Bank failures / 1940 / Waushara County Bank
Waushara County Bank, Plainfield, WI: failed June 25, 1940
Waushara County Bank in Plainfield, Wisconsin, failed on June 25, 1940. It held $267,000 in deposits.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- June 25, 1940
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Total deposits
- $267,000
- Charter
- State nonmember bank (FDIC)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
Other bank failures in Wisconsin, 1938 to 1942
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmers Bank | Lone Rock | October 2, 1942 | $580,000 | $537,000 | ||
| Farmer's and Merchant's Bank | Cochrane | July 6, 1942 | $395,000 | $325,000 | ||
| The First National Bank of Dodgeville | Dodgeville | November 29, 1941 | $941,000 | $907,000 | ||
| Bank of Eagle | Eagle | October 25, 1940 | $457,000 | $387,000 | ||
| Chaseburg State Bank | Chaseburg | July 13, 1940 | $341,000 | |||
| The Farmers State Bank | Cato | September 15, 1939 | $97,000 | $82,000 | ||
| Bank of Hartland | Hartland | May 29, 1939 | $455,000 | $370,000 | ||
| Eden State Bank | Eden | March 18, 1939 | $179,000 |
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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.