# DECATAUR COUNTY NATIONAL BANK OF OBERLIN

> **Failed bank** · OBERLIN, KS · failed 1985-11-21 · National commercial bank (OCC-chartered) · FDIC cost $4M

## What happened

DECATAUR COUNTY NATIONAL BANK OF OBERLIN of OBERLIN, KS was closed by the OCC on **1985-11-21**. The FDIC was named receiver.

**Resolution:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets

Deposits were transferred to **BANK OF OBERLIN** (OBERLIN, KS). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 1099
- **FDIC Certificate:** 4740
- **FDIC FIN:** 2514
- **Bank name:** DECATAUR COUNTY NATIONAL BANK OF OBERLIN
- **Location:** OBERLIN, KS
- **Failure date:** 1985-11-21
- **FDIC resolution date:** 1985-11-21
- **Charter type:** National commercial bank (OCC-chartered)
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $4M
- **Deposits at failure:** $17M
- **Assets at failure:** $18M
- **Acquiring bank:** BANK OF OBERLIN (OBERLIN, KS)

## Other banks BANK OF OBERLIN has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- JENNINGS BANK (JENNINGS, KS) — failed 1988-04-14 — /failed-bank/1666

## Primary source

FDIC BankFind failed-bank search: https://banks.data.fdic.gov/explore/failures?searchName=DECATAUR%20COUNTY%20NATIONAL%20BANK%20OF%20OBERLIN

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, DECATAUR COUNTY NATIONAL BANK OF OBERLIN (FDIC ID 1099), failed 1985-11-21. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-18 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/1099.

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