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What happened to The Bank of Herrin?
The Bank of Herrin in Herrin, IL merged into Carterville State and Savings Bank of Herrin, IL on Feb 9, 2007. That bank is now called The Bank of Herrin (Herrin, IL).
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the bank at the end of the chain today. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1937The Bank of Herrin opens in Herrin, IL
- Feb 9, 2007MERGEDThe Bank of Herrin merged into Carterville State and Savings Bank of Herrin, IL.FDIC certificate 15486 ends; its business continues under certificate 11310.
- TodayOPEN
The Bank of HerrinMain office Herrin, IL · FDIC certificate 11310 · 5 offices in 1 state on June 30, 2026Every The Bank of Herrin office → Website on file with the FDIC: WWW.BANKOFHERRIN.BANK
If you still have something from The Bank of Herrin
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows The Bank of Herrin as lienholder, start with The Bank of Herrin. In a merger the surviving bank takes over the other bank's loans, so it is the bank to ask for a recordable lien release; if the loan was sold along the way, it can tell you to whom.
The FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that merged or were acquired without government assistance, which is what the record shows here.
Record the release with the same county office that recorded the original mortgage or deed of trust.
An old account, passbook or CD
Ask The Bank of Herrin to search for the account under the name The Bank of Herrin. A passbook or certificate shows an account existed. It doesn't show the money is still there, and the OCC notes that federal rules require banks to keep most account records for five years.
Accounts nobody touches are eventually turned over to a state. The OCC puts the usual wait at three to five years with no activity, set by each state's law. Search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and any other state they lived in. It is free to search and to claim through a state's own site, and MissingMoney.com, an official site of the state administrators' association, searches most states at once.
A safe deposit box
Ask The Bank of Herrin which branch now holds boxes from the The Bank of Herrin office you used. The OCC says a box with no activity for three to five years (the period is set by state statute) is likely treated as dormant, and its contents may be turned over to the state's unclaimed-property program.
Box contents are not covered by FDIC insurance.
Not sure this is your bank?
Many banks shared a name. Match the city and the years above against your paperwork, or search again with the town.
Credit unions were never FDIC-insured and are not in this record; the NCUA credit union lookup covers those. Banks that closed before about 1970 are not in the FDIC's list either.
One caution: banks also sell single branches. If the office you used was sold to a different bank along the way, the account went with the branch, not with this chain. The office list below shows which bank each office reports under now.
This page is drawn from FDIC records and federal guidance. It is not legal advice, and BankBranches is not a bank or a government office. More detail: lien releases · old passbooks and CDs · safe deposit boxes · unclaimed money.
Where the guidance comes from ▾
Its offices in the FDIC deposit reports
3 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 2 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 102 Comfort DrMarion, IL | OpenThe Bank of Herrin |
| State Route 148 At Ford StreetEnergy, IL | OpenThe Bank of Herrin |
| 101 South Park AvenueHerrin, IL | No longer reported |
Source: FDIC BankFind institution and history records, read Nov 15, 2026. The FDIC's list covers banks that ended in about 1970 or later. Look up certificate 15486 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.