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What happened to Peoples Bank of the Ozarks?
Peoples Bank of the Ozarks in Nixa, MO (earlier called The Peoples Bank of Clever, Missouri) merged into Southern Bank of Poplar Bluff, MO on Dec 6, 2014. Southern Bank is open today.
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.
- 1917The Peoples Bank of Clever, Missouri opens in Nixa, MO
- Dec 13, 1989renamed Peoples Bank of the Ozarks
- Dec 6, 2014MERGEDPeoples Bank of the Ozarks merged into Southern Bank of Poplar Bluff, MO.FDIC certificate 1650 ends; its business continues under certificate 28332.
- TodayOPEN
Southern BankMain office Poplar Bluff, MO · FDIC certificate 28332 · 66 offices in 4 states on June 30, 2026Every Southern Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.bankwithsouthern.com
If you still have something from Peoples Bank of the Ozarks
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Peoples Bank of the Ozarks as lienholder, start with Southern Bank. 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 Southern Bank to search for the account under the name Peoples Bank of the Ozarks. 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 Southern Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Peoples Bank of the Ozarks 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
19 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 12 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 305 W Mount Vernon StNixa, MO | OpenSouthern Bank |
| 15775 Us Highway 160Forsyth, MO | OpenSouthern Bank |
| 11892 State Highway 13, Ste 3Kimberling City, MO | OpenSouthern Bank |
| 3000 W Republic RdSpringfield, MO | OpenSouthern Bank |
| 7410 Missouri 14Clever, MO | OpenSouthern Bank |
| 9005 Sawgrass AveNixa, MO | OpenSouthern Bank |
| 2911 E Sunshine StSpringfield, MO | OpenSouthern Bank |
| 2471 W Jackson StOzark, MO | OpenSouthern Bank |
| 256 E Us Highway 54Camdenton, MO | OpenGreat Southern Bank |
| 8736 N State Highway 5Camdenton, MO | OpenGreat Southern Bank |
| 14411 State Highway 7Climax Springs, MO | OpenGreat Southern Bank |
| 437 W Sunset StFordland, MO | OpenHomePride Bank |
| 317 South MainRogersville, MO | No longer reported |
| 208 N. Mccroskey StNixa, MO | No longer reported |
| 1564 North Main StreetNixa, MO | No longer reported |
| 201 Village CenterNixa, MO | No longer reported |
| 204 Village CenterNixa, MO | No longer reported |
| 10659 East Highway 76Forsyth, MO | No longer reported |
| 831 & 833 N. MainNixa, MO | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Peoples Bank of the Ozarks
2 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Peoples Bank of FordlandFordland, MO | Apr 27, 2001 |
| Citizens Bank of the OzarksCamdenton, MO | Apr 27, 2001 |
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 1650 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.