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What happened to Ameriana Bank?
Ameriana Bank in New Castle, IN (earlier called Henry County Savings and Loan Association and 5 other names) merged into First Merchants Bank National Association of Muncie, IN on Dec 31, 2015. That bank is now called First Merchants Bank (Muncie, IN).
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.
- 1890Henry County Savings and Loan Association opens in New Castle, IN
- Nov 30, 1985renamed Ameriana Savings Bank
- Jun 1, 1998renamed Ameriana Bank of Indiana, F.S.B.
- Mar 15, 2000renamed Ameriana Bank & Trust of Indiana
- Jun 29, 2001renamed Ameriana Bank and Trust, SB
- Sep 12, 2006renamed Ameriana Bank, SB
- Jun 10, 2009renamed Ameriana Bank
- Dec 31, 2015MERGEDAmeriana Bank merged into First Merchants Bank National Association of Muncie, IN.FDIC certificate 29031 ends; its business continues under certificate 4365.
- TodayOPEN
First Merchants BankMain office Muncie, IN · FDIC certificate 4365 · 129 offices in 3 states on June 30, 2026Every First Merchants Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.firstmerchants.com
If you still have something from Ameriana Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Ameriana Bank as lienholder, start with First Merchants 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 First Merchants Bank to search for the account under the name Ameriana 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 Merchants Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Ameriana 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
17 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 5 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 11521 Olio RdFishers, IN | OpenFirst Merchants Bank |
| 1810 N State StGreenfield, IN | OpenFirst Merchants Bank |
| 2118 Bundy AveNew Castle, IN | OpenFirst Merchants Bank |
| 3333 E State Road 32Westfield, IN | OpenFirst Merchants Bank |
| 7435 W Us Highway 52New Palestine, IN | OpenFirst Merchants Bank |
| 11991 Fishers Crossing DriveFishers, IN | No longer reported |
| 3975 West 106th StreetCarmel, IN | No longer reported |
| 107 West Logan StreetNoblesville, IN | No longer reported |
| 1724 East 53rdAnderson, IN | No longer reported |
| 488 West Main StreetMorristown, IN | No longer reported |
| 6653 West BroadwayMc Cordsville, IN | No longer reported |
| 22 North Jefferson StreetKnightstown, IN | No longer reported |
| Beechwood & Road 236Middletown, IN | No longer reported |
| 1311 Broad StreetNew Castle, IN | No longer reported |
| 99 South Dan Jones RoadAvon, IN | No longer reported |
| 7200 Blue Ash RoadCincinnati, OH | No longer reported |
| 5797 South State Route 48Maineville, OH | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Ameriana Bank
3 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 4 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Ameriana Bank of Ohio, F.S.B.Cincinnati, OH | Oct 4, 2000 |
| Citizens Federal Savings and Loan Association of New CastleNew Castle, IN | Sep 30, 1988 |
| The Greenfield Building and Loan AssociationGreenfield, IN | Dec 31, 1975 |
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 29031 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.