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What happened to Lincoln Bank?
Lincoln Bank in Plainfield, IN (earlier called Lincoln Federal Savings and Loan Association and 1 other name) merged into First Merchants Bank of Central Indiana, National Association of Anderson, IN on Apr 17, 2009. After 1 more change of hands, what was Lincoln Bank is today part of 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.
- 1884Lincoln Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Plainfield, IN
- Dec 31, 1984renamed Lincoln Federal Savings Bank
- Sep 1, 2003renamed Lincoln Bank
- Apr 17, 2009MERGEDLincoln Bank merged into First Merchants Bank of Central Indiana, National Association of Anderson, IN.FDIC certificate 28617 ends; its business continues under certificate 8047.
- Sep 25, 2009MERGEDFirst Merchants Bank of Central Indiana, National Association of Anderson, IN 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 Lincoln Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Lincoln Bank 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 Lincoln 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 First Merchants Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Lincoln 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
20 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 10 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 975 E Main StBrownsburg, 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 |
| 60 S Main StFrankfort, IN | OpenFirst Merchants Bank |
| 901 S State Road 135Greenwood, IN | OpenFirst Merchants Bank |
| 1250 N Emerson AveGreenwood, IN | OpenFirst Merchants Bank |
| 134 S Washington StCrawfordsville, IN | OpenFirst Merchants Bank |
| 180 W Washington StMorgantown, IN | OpenFirst Merchants Bank |
| 1900 East Wabash StreetFrankfort, 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 |
| 42 South State Road 135Franklin, IN | No longer reported |
| 189 Commercial StreetNashville, IN | No longer reported |
| 905 Southfield DrivePlainfield, IN | No longer reported |
| 590 South State Rd 67Mooresville, IN | No longer reported |
| 1266 N. Madison AvenueGreenwood, IN | No longer reported |
| 648 Treybourne DriveGreenwood, IN | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Lincoln Bank
3 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| First BankMorgantown, IN | Aug 2, 2004 |
| Citizens Savings Bank of FrankfortFrankfort, IN | Sep 27, 2000 |
| First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Hendericks CountyPlainfield, IN | Jul 31, 1979 |
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 28617 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.