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What happened to First Federal Savings Bank of Elizabethtown?
First Federal Savings Bank of Elizabethtown in Elizabethtown, KY (earlier called First Federal Savings and Loan Association) merged into Your Community Bank of New Albany, IN on Jan 1, 2015. After 1 more change of hands, what was First Federal Savings Bank of Elizabethtown is today part of WesBanco Bank, Inc. (Wheeling, WV).
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.
- 1923First Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Elizabethtown, KY
- Jun 30, 1987renamed First Federal Savings Bank of Elizabethtown
- Jan 1, 2015MERGEDFirst Federal Savings Bank of Elizabethtown merged into Your Community Bank of New Albany, IN.FDIC certificate 28610 ends; its business continues under certificate 28915.
- Sep 10, 2016MERGEDYour Community Bank of New Albany, IN merged into Wesbanco Bank, Inc. of Wheeling, WV.FDIC certificate 28915 ends; its business continues under certificate 803.
- TodayOPEN
WesBanco Bank, Inc.Main office Wheeling, WV · FDIC certificate 803 · 217 offices in 8 states on June 30, 2026Every WesBanco Bank, Inc. office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.wesbanco.com
If you still have something from First Federal Savings Bank of Elizabethtown
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows First Federal Savings Bank of Elizabethtown as lienholder, start with WesBanco Bank, Inc.. 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 WesBanco Bank, Inc. to search for the account under the name First Federal Savings Bank of Elizabethtown. 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 WesBanco Bank, Inc. which branch now holds boxes from the First Federal Savings Bank of Elizabethtown 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
23 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 9 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 416 Broadway StBrandenburg, KY | OpenWesBanco Bank, Inc. |
| 395 N Buckman StShepherdsville, KY | OpenWesBanco Bank, Inc. |
| 401 E John Rowan BlvdBardstown, KY | OpenWesBanco Bank, Inc. |
| 279 N Bardstown RdMount Washington, KY | OpenWesBanco Bank, Inc. |
| 925 Main StMunfordville, KY | OpenThe Cecilian Bank |
| 7340 Main St NeLanesville, IN | OpenFirst Merchants Bank |
| 3650 S Hurstbourne PkwyLouisville, KY | OpenWesBanco Bank, Inc. |
| 301 Blakenbaker PkwyLouisville, KY | OpenWesBanco Bank, Inc. |
| 2101 N Dixie AveElizabethtown, KY | OpenWesBanco Bank, Inc. |
| 1707 Cedar Grove Rd Suite 1Shepherdsville, KY | No longer reported |
| 4055 Flaherty RdVine Grove, KY | No longer reported |
| 315 North 3rd StreetBardstown, KY | No longer reported |
| 325 West Dixie AvenueElizabethtown, KY | No longer reported |
| 475 West Lincoln TrailRadcliff, KY | No longer reported |
| 2323 Ring RoadElizabethtown, KY | No longer reported |
| 1671 North Wilson RoadRadcliff, KY | No longer reported |
| 11810 Interchange DriveLouisville, KY | No longer reported |
| 12629 Taylorsville RoadLouisville, KY | No longer reported |
| 6500 State Highway 64Georgetown, IN | No longer reported |
| 8160 Beech St SeElizabeth, IN | No longer reported |
| 2030 Highway 337 NWCorydon, IN | No longer reported |
| 50 Old Mill RoadBrandenburg, KY | No longer reported |
| 100 Walmart DriveElizabethtown, KY | No longer reported |
Banks folded into First Federal Savings Bank of Elizabethtown
2 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| The Farmers State BankLanesville, IN | Jun 25, 2008 |
| Bullitt Federal Savings BankShepherdsville, KY | Jan 4, 1995 |
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 28610 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.