# THE BENTON STATE BANK

> **Failed bank** · BENTON, KS · failed 1987-06-11 · State commercial bank, non-Federal Reserve member (FDIC-supervised) · FDIC cost $3M

## What happened

THE BENTON STATE BANK of BENTON, KS was closed by regulators on **1987-06-11**. The FDIC was named receiver.

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

Deposits were transferred to **FIRST NATIONAL BANK&TRUS** (EL DORADO, KS). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 1448
- **FDIC Certificate:** 17382
- **FDIC FIN:** 2694
- **Bank name:** THE BENTON STATE BANK
- **Location:** BENTON, KS
- **Failure date:** 1987-06-11
- **FDIC resolution date:** 1987-06-11
- **Charter type:** State commercial bank, non-Federal Reserve member (FDIC-supervised)
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $3M
- **Deposits at failure:** $9M
- **Assets at failure:** $9M
- **Acquiring bank:** FIRST NATIONAL BANK&TRUS (EL DORADO, KS)

## Other banks FIRST NATIONAL BANK&TRUS has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- NATIONAL BANK OF FREDERICK (FREDERICK, OK) — failed 1987-01-22 — /failed-bank/1344
- THE DAYTON BK & TR CO. (DAYTON, TN) — failed 1984-11-30 — /failed-bank/941

## Primary source

FDIC BankFind failed-bank search: https://banks.data.fdic.gov/explore/failures?searchName=THE%20BENTON%20STATE%20BANK

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, THE BENTON STATE BANK (FDIC ID 1448), failed 1987-06-11. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/1448.

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