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What happened to Downstate National Bank?
Downstate National Bank in Brookport, IL (earlier called The Brookport National Bank) merged into Illinois One Bank, National Association of Shawneetown, IL on Oct 31, 1998. After 2 more changes of hands, what was Downstate National Bank is today part of Old National Bank (Evansville, 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.
- 1903The Brookport National Bank opens in Brookport, IL
- Oct 21, 1988renamed Downstate National Bank
- Oct 31, 1998MERGEDDownstate National Bank merged into Illinois One Bank, National Association of Shawneetown, IL.FDIC certificate 3769 ends; its business continues under certificate 14743.
- Jul 14, 2000MERGEDIllinois One Bank, National Association of Shawneetown, IL merged into Integra Bank National Association of Evansville, IN.FDIC certificate 14743 ends; its business continues under certificate 4392.
- Jul 29, 2011FAILEDIntegra Bank National Association of Evansville, IN failed, and Old National Bank of Evansville, IN took it over.FDIC certificate 4392 ends; its business continues under certificate 3832.
- TodayOPEN
Old National BankMain office Evansville, IN · FDIC certificate 3832 · 354 offices in 10 states on June 30, 2026Every Old National Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.oldnational.com
If you still have something from Downstate National Bank
A lien that was never released
Integra Bank National Association failed on Jul 29, 2011. For a failed bank placed in FDIC receivership, the FDIC may be able to issue the lien release, if the loan was paid off to the bank before it failed or to the FDIC afterward. The FDIC says that where a failed bank had an acquirer, its records in most cases went to that acquirer. Here the chain from the acquirer leads to Old National Bank, which is worth asking too.
Requests go through the FDIC Information and Support Center with the recorded mortgage or title, and proof of payoff. The FDIC says to allow 30 business days once it has every document, and does not take requests by phone or email. Questions: FDIC Resolution Inquiries, 888-206-4662, 8am–4pm Central on weekdays.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, Old National Bank). Start with Old National Bank, and ask them to search under the name Downstate National Bank.
For failures since mid-1993 the law sets a clock: insured deposits not claimed within 18 months of the FDIC starting to pay depositors are offered to the state of the depositor's last known address on the bank's records. If the state takes them, the owner has 10 years to claim there before the money returns to the FDIC. Check FDIC unclaimed funds search and that state's unclaimed-property program.
A safe deposit box
The FDIC says that when a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, the branches usually reopen the next business day with box access. Today, ask Old National Bank. A box abandoned for years may have been 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. None is still reporting as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| Third and Ohio StreetsBrookport, 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 3769 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.