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What happened to Anchor Bank?
Anchor Bank in Aberdeen, WA (earlier called Aberdeen Federal Savings and Loan Association and 1 other name) merged into 1st Security Bank of Washington of Mountlake Terrace, WA on Nov 15, 2018. 1st Security Bank of Washington is open today.
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.
- 1907Aberdeen Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Aberdeen, WA
- Sep 1, 1990renamed Anchor Mutual Savings Bank
- Jan 25, 2011renamed Anchor Bank
- Nov 15, 2018MERGEDAnchor Bank merged into 1st Security Bank of Washington of Mountlake Terrace, WA.FDIC certificate 28454 ends; its business continues under certificate 57633.
- TodayOPEN
1st Security Bank of WashingtonMain office Mountlake Terrace, WA · FDIC certificate 57633 · 30 offices in 2 states on June 30, 2026Every 1st Security Bank of Washington office → Website on file with the FDIC: WWW.FSBWA.com
If you still have something from Anchor Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Anchor Bank as lienholder, start with 1st Security Bank of Washington. 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 1st Security Bank of Washington to search for the account under the name Anchor Bank. 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 1st Security Bank of Washington which branch now holds boxes from the Anchor Bank 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
23 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 9 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 120 N Broadway StAberdeen, WA | Open1st Security Bank of Washington |
| 2610 Harrison Avenue Northwest At KenyonOlympia, WA | Open1st Security Bank of Washington |
| 698 Ocean Shores BoulevardOcean Shores, WA | Open1st Security Bank of Washington |
| 649 Woodland Square Loop SeLacey, WA | Open1st Security Bank of Washington |
| 915 N Montesano StWestport, WA | Open1st Security Bank of Washington |
| 216 South 3rd StElma, WA | Open1st Security Bank of Washington |
| 10514 156th St EPuyallup, WA | Open1st Security Bank of Washington |
| 211b E Pioneer AveMontesano, WA | Open1st Security Bank of Washington |
| 100 W 1st StAberdeen, WA | Open1st Security Bank of Washington |
| 604 South Tower AvenueCentralia, WA | No longer reported |
| 100 E Wallace Kneeland BlvdShelton, WA | No longer reported |
| 701 Simpson AvenueHoquiam, WA | No longer reported |
| 16502 Meridian Avenue EastPuyallup, WA | No longer reported |
| 1601 NW Louisiana AveChehalis, WA | No longer reported |
| 4250 Martin Way EOlympia, WA | No longer reported |
| 17100 State Route 507 SeYelm, WA | No longer reported |
| 430 Se 92nd AvenueVancouver, WA | No longer reported |
| 7001 Bridgeport Way WestLakewood, WA | No longer reported |
| 21200 Olhava Way NWPoulsbo, WA | No longer reported |
| 1401 Galaxy Drive SeLacey, WA | No longer reported |
| 17432 Se 270th PlaceCovington, WA | No longer reported |
| 720-B Sleater-Kinney Road SoutheastLacey, WA | No longer reported |
| 720-B Sleater-Kinney Road SoutheastLacey, WA | 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 28454 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.