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What happened to Star Financial Bank, Columbia City, Indiana?
Star Financial Bank, Columbia City, Indiana in Columbia City, IN (earlier called Citizens National Bank of Whitley County and 1 other name) merged into Star Financial Bank, Anderson, Indiana of Fort Wayne, IN on Nov 15, 1997. That bank is now called STAR Financial Bank (Fort Wayne, 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.
- 1929Citizens National Bank of Whitley County opens in Columbia City, IN
- Jul 2, 1990renamed Star Financial Bank, National Association, Columbia City, Indiana
- Mar 1, 1991renamed Star Financial Bank, Columbia City, Indiana
- Nov 15, 1997MERGEDStar Financial Bank, Columbia City, Indiana merged into Star Financial Bank, Anderson, Indiana of Fort Wayne, IN.FDIC certificate 5780 ends; its business continues under certificate 27235.
- TodayOPEN
STAR Financial BankMain office Fort Wayne, IN · FDIC certificate 27235 · 37 offices in 1 state on June 30, 2026Every STAR Financial Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.starfinancial.com
If you still have something from Star Financial Bank, Columbia City, Indiana
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Star Financial Bank, Columbia City, Indiana as lienholder, start with STAR Financial 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 STAR Financial Bank to search for the account under the name Star Financial Bank, Columbia City, Indiana. 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 STAR Financial Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Star Financial Bank, Columbia City, Indiana 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
9 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 6 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 102 W Van Buren StColumbia City, IN | OpenSTAR Financial Bank |
| 105 Frontage RdColumbia City, IN | OpenSTAR Financial Bank |
| 2004 N Wayne St, Ste FAngola, IN | OpenSTAR Financial Bank |
| 7110 Lima RdFort Wayne, IN | OpenSTAR Financial Bank |
| 4070 North US 33Churubusco, IN | OpenSTAR Financial Bank |
| 5920 Saint Joe Center RdFort Wayne, IN | OpenSTAR Financial Bank |
| 7700 South Wayne StreetHamilton, IN | No longer reported |
| 5513 Illinois RoadFort Wayne, IN | No longer reported |
| 207 South State StreetSouth Whitley, IN | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Star Financial Bank, Columbia City, Indiana
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Star Financial Bank, Hamilton, IndianaHamilton, IN | Mar 1, 1991 |
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 5780 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.