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What happened to The First Bank of Mitchell?
The First Bank of Mitchell in Mitchell, IN (earlier called The First National Bank of Mitchell) closed voluntarily on Dec 20, 2001. It did not fail. After 2 more changes of hands, what was The First Bank of Mitchell is today part of Northwest Bank (Warren, PA).
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 First National Bank of Mitchell opens in Mitchell, IN
- Apr 7, 2000renamed The First Bank of Mitchell
- Dec 20, 2001CLOSEDThe First Bank of Mitchell closed voluntarily. It did not fail.FDIC certificate 4402 ends; its business continues under certificate 15714.
- Feb 28, 2018MERGEDBloomBank of Bloomfield, IN merged into MutualBank of Muncie, IN.FDIC certificate 15714 ends; its business continues under certificate 27744.
- Apr 24, 2020MERGEDMutualBank of Muncie, IN merged into Northwest Bank of Warren, PA.FDIC certificate 27744 ends; its business continues under certificate 28178.
- TodayOPEN
Northwest BankMain office Warren, PA · FDIC certificate 28178 · 161 offices in 4 states on June 30, 2026Every Northwest Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: WWW.NORTHWEST.COM
If you still have something from The First Bank of Mitchell
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows The First Bank of Mitchell as lienholder, start with Northwest 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 Northwest Bank to search for the account under the name The First Bank of Mitchell. 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 Northwest Bank which branch now holds boxes from the The First Bank of Mitchell 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
3 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 1 is still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 2111 S Liberty DrBloomington, IN | OpenNorthwest Bank |
| 1309 Main StreetMitchell, IN | No longer reported |
| 223 South Pete Ellis DriveBloomington, IN | 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 4402 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.