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What happened to Farmers State Bank of Kanaranzi?
Farmers State Bank of Kanaranzi in Kanaranzi, MN failed, and Citizens State Bank of Silver Lake of Silver Lake, MN took it over on Oct 18, 1985. After 2 more changes of hands, what was Farmers State Bank of Kanaranzi is today part of PrinsBank (Prinsburg, MN).
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.
- 1915Farmers State Bank of Kanaranzi opens in Kanaranzi, MN
- Oct 18, 1985FAILEDFarmers State Bank of Kanaranzi failed, and Citizens State Bank of Silver Lake of Silver Lake, MN took it over.FDIC certificate 12189 ends; its business continues under certificate 8543.
- Jan 1, 2013MERGEDCitizens State Bank of Silver Lake (by then renamed First Community Bank Silver Lake) of Silver Lake, MN merged into First Community Bank Lester Prairie of Lester Prairie, MN.FDIC certificate 8543 ends; its business continues under certificate 8535.
- Feb 20, 2026MERGEDFirst Community Bank Lester Prairie (by then renamed First Community Bank) of Lester Prairie, MN merged into PrinsBank of Prinsburg, MN.FDIC certificate 8535 ends; its business continues under certificate 10191.
- TodayOPEN
PrinsBankMain office Prinsburg, MN · FDIC certificate 10191 · 4 offices in 1 state on June 30, 2026Every PrinsBank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.prinsbank.com
If you still have something from Farmers State Bank of Kanaranzi
A lien that was never released
Farmers State Bank of Kanaranzi failed on Oct 18, 1985. For a failed bank placed in FDIC receivership, the FDIC may be able to issue the lien release, if the loan was paid off to the bank before it failed or to the FDIC afterward. The FDIC says that where a failed bank had an acquirer, its records in most cases went to that acquirer. Here the chain from the acquirer leads to PrinsBank, which is worth asking too.
Requests go through the FDIC Information and Support Center with the recorded mortgage or title, and proof of payoff. The FDIC says to allow 30 business days once it has every document, and does not take requests by phone or email. Questions: FDIC Resolution Inquiries, 888-206-4662, 8am–4pm Central on weekdays.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, Citizens State Bank of Silver Lake). Start with PrinsBank, and ask them to search under the name Farmers State Bank of Kanaranzi.
This failure is older than the current federal rule on unclaimed deposits (mid-1993), so different rules apply. Search FDIC unclaimed funds search, search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and ask FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 what applies to this institution.
A safe deposit box
The FDIC says that when a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, the branches usually reopen the next business day with box access. Today, ask PrinsBank. A box abandoned for years may have been 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.
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 ▾
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 12189 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.