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What happened to Arcanum Federal Savings and Loan Association?
Arcanum Federal Savings and Loan Association in Arcanum, OH failed, and Arcanum Federal Savings Association of Arcanum, OH took it over on Mar 15, 1991. After 2 more changes of hands, what was Arcanum Federal Savings and Loan Association is today part of The Park National Bank (Newark, OH).
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.
- 1885Arcanum Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Arcanum, OH
- Mar 15, 1991FAILEDArcanum Federal Savings and Loan Association failed, and Arcanum Federal Savings Association of Arcanum, OH took it over.FDIC certificate 29716 ends; its business continues under certificate 33346.
- Sep 20, 1991RESOLVEDArcanum Federal Savings Association of Arcanum, OH was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Second National Bank of Greenville, OH.FDIC certificate 33346 ends; its business continues under certificate 6596.
- Aug 16, 2008MERGEDSecond National Bank of Greenville, OH merged into The Park National Bank of Newark, OH.FDIC certificate 6596 ends; its business continues under certificate 6653.
- TodayOPEN
The Park National BankMain office Newark, OH · FDIC certificate 6653 · 110 offices in 5 states on June 30, 2026Every The Park National Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.parknationalbank.com
If you still have something from Arcanum Federal Savings and Loan Association
A lien that was never released
Arcanum Federal Savings and Loan Association failed on Mar 15, 1991, handled by the Resolution Trust Corporation, the agency that closed failed savings institutions from 1989 to 1995. The FDIC's lien-release page covers failed banks and savings and loans placed in FDIC receivership; it does not say how releases work for resolutions this old.
Call FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 (8am–4pm Central, weekdays) and ask whether the FDIC holds this institution's receivership. Ask The Park National Bank as well: the chain above leads there. The FDIC's own instructions are at FDIC, Obtaining a Lien Release.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, Arcanum Federal Savings Association). Start with The Park National Bank, and ask them to search under the name Arcanum Federal Savings and Loan Association.
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 The Park National Bank. 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 29716 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.