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What happened to First National Bank Baird?
First National Bank Baird in Baird, TX (earlier called The First National Bank of Baird and 1 other name) merged into First National Bank and Trust Company of Weatherford of Weatherford, TX on Feb 19, 2021. First National Bank and Trust Company of Weatherford 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.
- 1885The First National Bank of Baird opens in Baird, TX
- Jul 1, 2012renamed First Bank Texas, SSB
- Oct 11, 2017renamed First National Bank Baird
- Feb 19, 2021MERGEDFirst National Bank Baird merged into First National Bank and Trust Company of Weatherford of Weatherford, TX.FDIC certificate 3086 ends; its business continues under certificate 5575.
- TodayOPEN
First National Bank and Trust Company of WeatherfordMain office Weatherford, TX · FDIC certificate 5575 · 16 offices in 1 state on June 30, 2026Every First National Bank and Trust Company of Weatherford office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.go2fbt.bank
If you still have something from First National Bank Baird
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows First National Bank Baird as lienholder, start with First National Bank and Trust Company of Weatherford. 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 National Bank and Trust Company of Weatherford to search for the account under the name First National Bank Baird. 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 National Bank and Trust Company of Weatherford which branch now holds boxes from the First National Bank Baird 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
11 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 10 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 4201 Buffalo Gap RoadAbilene, TX | OpenFirst National Bank and Trust Company of Weatherford |
| 1849 S 1st StAbilene, TX | OpenFirst National Bank and Trust Company of Weatherford |
| 244 Market StBaird, TX | OpenFirst National Bank and Trust Company of Weatherford |
| 111 S Munday AveMunday, TX | OpenFirst National Bank and Trust Company of Weatherford |
| 200 S Avenue EHaskell, TX | OpenFirst National Bank and Trust Company of Weatherford |
| 301 State Highway 114Grapevine, TX | OpenFirst National Bank and Trust Company of Weatherford |
| 966 N Judge Ely BlvdAbilene, TX | OpenFirst National Bank and Trust Company of Weatherford |
| 610 Columbia StStamford, TX | OpenFirst National Bank and Trust Company of Weatherford |
| Interstate 20 and Cherry LaneClyde, TX | OpenFirst National Bank and Trust Company of Weatherford |
| 4201 Airport FwyBedford, TX | OpenFirst National Bank and Trust Company of Weatherford |
| 3711 Austin AvenueBrownwood, TX | No longer reported |
Banks folded into First National Bank Baird
2 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 4 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| First National Bank in MundayMunday, TX | Jul 1, 2012 |
| First National Bank of the Mid-CitiesBedford, TX | Jul 1, 2012 |
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 3086 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.