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What happened to The First National Bank of Blooming Prairie?
The First National Bank of Blooming Prairie in Blooming Prairie, MN failed, and First American Bank of Blooming Prairie of Blooming Prairie, MN took it over on Jul 21, 1988. After 4 more changes of hands, what was The First National Bank of Blooming Prairie is today part of U.S. Bank National Association (Cincinnati, 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.
- 1875The First National Bank of Blooming Prairie opens in Blooming Prairie, MN
- Jul 21, 1988FAILEDThe First National Bank of Blooming Prairie failed, and First American Bank of Blooming Prairie of Blooming Prairie, MN took it over.FDIC certificate 5096 ends; its business continues under certificate 27299.
- May 1, 1992MERGEDFirst American Bank of Blooming Prairie (by then renamed First Prairie Bank) of Blooming Prairie, MN merged into American Bank Mankato of Mankato, MN.FDIC certificate 27299 ends; its business continues under certificate 1393.
- Mar 18, 1994MERGEDAmerican Bank Mankato of Mankato, MN merged into First Bank National Association of Minneapolis, MN.FDIC certificate 1393 ends; its business continues under certificate 5199.
- Jul 11, 1997MERGEDFirst Bank National Association of Minneapolis, MN merged into First National Bank of East Grand Forks of Minneapolis, MN.FDIC certificate 5199 ends; its business continues under certificate 5134.
- Aug 9, 2001MERGEDFirst National Bank of East Grand Forks (by then renamed U.S. Bank National Association) of Minneapolis, MN merged into U.S. Bank National Association of Cincinnati, OH.FDIC certificate 5134 ends; its business continues under certificate 6548.
- TodayOPEN
U.S. Bank National AssociationMain office Cincinnati, OH · FDIC certificate 6548 · 2,097 offices in 29 states on June 30, 2026Every U.S. Bank National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.usbank.com
If you still have something from The First National Bank of Blooming Prairie
A lien that was never released
The First National Bank of Blooming Prairie failed on Jul 21, 1988. 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 U.S. Bank National Association, 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, First American Bank of Blooming Prairie). Start with U.S. Bank National Association, and ask them to search under the name The First National Bank of Blooming Prairie.
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 U.S. Bank National Association. 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 5096 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.