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What happened to Garden Ridge State Bank?
Garden Ridge State Bank in Garden Ridge, TX merged into Seguin State Bank & Trust Company of Seguin, TX on Aug 31, 1995. After 3 more changes of hands, what was Garden Ridge State Bank is today part of First United Bank and Trust Company (Durant, OK).
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.
- 1986Garden Ridge State Bank opens in Garden Ridge, TX
- Aug 31, 1995MERGEDGarden Ridge State Bank merged into Seguin State Bank & Trust Company of Seguin, TX.FDIC certificate 26544 ends; its business continues under certificate 11577.
- Apr 1, 2006MERGEDSeguin State Bank & Trust Company (by then renamed American Bank of Texas - Seguin) of Seguin, TX merged into American Bank of Texas, National Association of Marble Falls, TX.FDIC certificate 11577 ends; its business continues under certificate 23433.
- Mar 30, 2012MERGEDAmerican Bank of Texas, National Association of Marble Falls, TX merged into American Bank of Texas of Sherman, TX.FDIC certificate 23433 ends; its business continues under certificate 20473.
- Nov 10, 2016MERGEDAmerican Bank of Texas of Sherman, TX merged into First United Bank and Trust Company of Durant, OK.FDIC certificate 20473 ends; its business continues under certificate 4239.
- TodayOPEN
First United Bank and Trust CompanyMain office Durant, OK · FDIC certificate 4239 · 74 offices in 2 states on June 30, 2026Every First United Bank and Trust Company office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.firstunitedbank.com
If you still have something from Garden Ridge State Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Garden Ridge State Bank as lienholder, start with First United Bank and Trust Company. 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 First United Bank and Trust Company to search for the account under the name Garden Ridge State Bank. 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 First United Bank and Trust Company which branch now holds boxes from the Garden Ridge State Bank 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
1 office filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 1 is still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 19099 Fm 2252Garden Ridge, TX | OpenFirst United Bank and Trust Company |
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 26544 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.