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What happened to Delaware Trust Company?
Delaware Trust Company in Wilmington, DE merged into Corestates Bank, National Association of Philadelphia, PA on Aug 29, 1996. After 2 more changes of hands, what was Delaware Trust Company is today part of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (Sioux Falls, SD).
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.
- 1899Delaware Trust Company opens in Wilmington, DE
- Aug 29, 1996MERGEDDelaware Trust Company merged into Corestates Bank, National Association of Philadelphia, PA.FDIC certificate 11281 ends; its business continues under certificate 719.
- May 15, 1998MERGEDCorestates Bank, National Association of Philadelphia, PA merged into First Union National Bank of Charlotte, NC.FDIC certificate 719 ends; its business continues under certificate 33869.
- Mar 20, 2010MERGEDFirst Union National Bank (by then renamed Wachovia Bank, National Association) of Charlotte, NC merged into Wells Fargo Bank, National Association of Sioux Falls, SD.FDIC certificate 33869 ends; its business continues under certificate 3511.
- TodayOPEN
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationMain office Sioux Falls, SD · FDIC certificate 3511 · 4,157 offices in 40 states on June 30, 2026Every Wells Fargo Bank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.wellsfargo.com
If you still have something from Delaware Trust Company
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Delaware Trust Company as lienholder, start with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. 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 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association to search for the account under the name Delaware Trust Company. 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 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association which branch now holds boxes from the Delaware Trust Company 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
32 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 11 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 2011 Concord PikeWilmington, DE | OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association |
| 18489 Coastal Hwy, Unit 1Rehoboth Beach, DE | OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association |
| 5801 Limestone RdHockessin, DE | OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association |
| 310 Dove Run Centre DrMiddletown, DE | OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association |
| 2450 Glasgow AveNewark, DE | OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association |
| 4015 Kennett PikeGreenville, DE | OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association |
| 100 N Dupont HwyDover, DE | OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association |
| 1601 Governors PlBear, DE | OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association |
| 2024 Naamans RdWilmington, DE | OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association |
| 622 S College AveNewark, DE | OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association |
| 2624 Capitol TrlNewark, DE | OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association |
| 100 West Loockerman StDover, DE | No longer reported |
| 137 South Bradford StreetDover, DE | No longer reported |
| 160 Greentree Drive One Greentree ODover, DE | No longer reported |
| 7270 Lancaster PikeHockessin, DE | No longer reported |
| 814 Philadelphia PikeWilmington, DE | No longer reported |
| 1424 N Dupont HwyNew Castle, DE | No longer reported |
| 500 Hercules Rd, Bldg 8100Wilmington, DE | No longer reported |
| 2701 Kirkwood & Wood HwyWilmington, DE | No longer reported |
| 99 Harvey RoadClaymont, DE | No longer reported |
| 1800 Pennsylvania AvenueWilmington, DE | No longer reported |
| 235 Hares Corner RoadNew Castle, DE | No longer reported |
| 1313 North Market StreetWilmington, DE | No longer reported |
| 3215 Capitol TrailWilmington, DE | No longer reported |
| 900 Market StreetWilmington, DE | No longer reported |
| Route 13 and Bacon AvenueWilmington Manor, DE | No longer reported |
| 2 Reads Way New Castle Corporate CoNew Castle, DE | No longer reported |
| 111 Continental Drive Christiana ExNewark, DE | No longer reported |
| Courtyard I Pencader Corporate CenteNewark, DE | No longer reported |
| 2850 Centerville Road Hewlett ParkaWilmington, DE | No longer reported |
| Murphy Road and Route 202Wilmington, DE | No longer reported |
| Tenth and Orange StreetsWilmington, DE | 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 11281 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.