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Full-service office · FDIC office no. 240569

ValliWide Bank
234 Balsom Street, Ridgecrest, CA 93555

Last reported 1996

$20.6M
peak deposits
1963
established
—
rank in county
2
names on the sign

This office filed its last FDIC deposit report in 1996. It is missing from every report since, which usually means it closed. The FDIC record doesn't give a reason. Kern County has 70 offices open today, listed below.

This office's passbook1994–1996
DateBank on the signDepositsChange
Jun 30 2026NOT REPORTED missing from the 2026 report (and every year since 1997)
Jun 30 1996ValliWide Bank$18.4M−11%
Jun 30 1995ValliWide BankNEW NAME$20.6M+37%
Jun 30 1994Community First Bank$15.0M
1963-12-20Office established (FDIC record) — 31 years before this passbook begins

Nearest open offices in Kern County

  1. 0.1 miU.S. Bank National Association · 144 N China Lake Blvd, Ridgecrest
  2. 38.7 miBank of the Sierra · 8031 California City Blvd, California City
  3. 45.1 miWestamerica Bank · 6100 Lake Isabella Blvd, Lake Isabella
  4. 55.6 miBank of the Sierra · 224 W F St, Tehachapi
  5. 56.6 miBMO Bank National Association · 758 Tucker Rd, Tehachapi
  6. 71.3 miBank of America, National Association · 500 Bear Mountain Blvd, Arvin
  7. 73.6 miBank of America, National Association · 2800 Oswell St, Bakersfield
  8. 73.6 miU.S. Bank National Association · 2641 Oswell St, Ste A, Bakersfield

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Names on the sign

1994–1994Community First Bank1995–1996ValliWide Bank

The FDIC office number stays with the building when banks merge or rename, so the same office appears under each owner. Follow an earlier name to see what became of that bank.

Deposits are the balances the bank assigned to this office on June 30 of each year, in nominal dollars. Source: FDIC Summary of Deposits, office (UNINUMBR) 240569.