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What happened to First Southwest Bank?
First Southwest Bank in Frederick, OK (earlier called First National Bank in Frederick and 1 other name) merged into BancFirst of Oklahoma City, OK on Sep 14, 2001. BancFirst 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.
- 1906First National Bank in Frederick opens in Frederick, OK
- Nov 1, 1979renamed First National Bank and Trust Company
- Jul 1, 1992renamed First Southwest Bank
- Sep 14, 2001MERGEDFirst Southwest Bank merged into BancFirst of Oklahoma City, OK.FDIC certificate 4100 ends; its business continues under certificate 27476.
- TodayOPEN
BancFirstMain office Oklahoma City, OK · FDIC certificate 27476 · 116 offices in 1 state on June 30, 2026Every BancFirst office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.bancfirst.bank
If you still have something from First Southwest Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows First Southwest Bank as lienholder, start with BancFirst. 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 BancFirst to search for the account under the name First Southwest 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 BancFirst which branch now holds boxes from the First Southwest 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
6 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 5 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 200 N Main StFrederick, OK | OpenBancFirst |
| 105 W 4th StHobart, OK | OpenBancFirst |
| 701 W Petree RdAnadarko, OK | OpenBank of Commerce |
| 201 S Main StFrederick, OK | OpenBancFirst |
| 401 S BroadwayHobart, OK | OpenBancFirst |
| 308 MadisonChattanooga, OK | No longer reported |
Banks folded into First Southwest Bank
3 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| The First Bank of ChattanoogaChattanooga, OK | May 16, 1997 |
| First National Bank in HobartHobart, OK | Jan 1, 1992 |
| National Bank of FrederickFrederick, OK | Jan 22, 1987 |
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 4100 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.