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What happened to First Merchants Bank of Central Indiana, National Association?
First Merchants Bank of Central Indiana, National Association in Anderson, IN (earlier called Pendleton Banking Company and 2 other names) merged into First Merchants Bank National Association of Muncie, IN on Sep 25, 2009. 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.
- 1872Pendleton Banking Company opens in Anderson, IN
- Apr 23, 1999renamed The Madison Community Bank
- Jan 1, 2004renamed The Madison Community Bank, National Association
- Apr 1, 2007renamed First Merchants Bank of Central Indiana, National Association
- Sep 25, 2009MERGEDFirst Merchants Bank of Central Indiana, National Association merged into First Merchants Bank National Association of Muncie, IN.FDIC certificate 8047 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 First Merchants Bank of Central Indiana, National Association
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows First Merchants Bank of Central Indiana, National Association 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 First Merchants Bank of Central Indiana, National Association. 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 First Merchants Bank of Central Indiana, National Association 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
24 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 11 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 975 E Main StBrownsburg, IN | OpenFirst Merchants Bank |
| 100 E State StPendleton, IN | OpenFirst Merchants Bank |
| 800 Main St Ste 100Anderson, IN | OpenFirst Merchants Bank |
| 1010 N Samuel Moore PkwyMooresville, IN | OpenFirst Merchants Bank |
| 2259 N Morton StFranklin, IN | OpenFirst Merchants Bank |
| 7648 E Us Highway 36Avon, IN | OpenFirst Merchants Bank |
| 1121 E Main StPlainfield, IN | OpenFirst Merchants Bank |
| 901 S State Road 135Greenwood, IN | OpenFirst Merchants Bank |
| 1526 E 53rd StAnderson, IN | OpenFirst Merchants Bank |
| 1250 N Emerson AveGreenwood, IN | OpenFirst Merchants Bank |
| 180 W Washington StMorgantown, IN | OpenFirst Merchants Bank |
| 1011 N Main StLapel, IN | No longer reported |
| 3055 W Us Hwy 36Pendleton, IN | No longer reported |
| 2825 Nichol AvenueAnderson, IN | No longer reported |
| 1933 University BoulevardAnderson, IN | No longer reported |
| 416 East Hartman RoadAnderson, IN | No longer reported |
| 110 North State Road 135Trafalgar, IN | No longer reported |
| 1275 Us Hwy 31Greenwood, IN | No longer reported |
| 18 Providence DriveGreenwood, IN | No longer reported |
| 189 Commercial StreetNashville, IN | No longer reported |
| 105 South Pendleton AvenuePendleton, IN | No longer reported |
| 233 North Swain StreetIngalls, IN | No longer reported |
| State Road 8 and County RoadMarkleville, IN | No longer reported |
| 3607 Nichol AvenueEdgewood, IN | No longer reported |
Banks folded into First Merchants Bank of Central Indiana, National Association
3 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 6 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Lincoln BankPlainfield, IN | Apr 17, 2009 |
| Anderson Community BankAnderson, IN | Apr 23, 1999 |
| The State Bank of LapelLapel, IN | Mar 10, 1985 |
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 8047 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.