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What happened to Ameribank, Inc.?
Ameribank, Inc. in Welch, WV (earlier called The First Clark National Bank of Northfork and 1 other name) failed, and Pioneer Community Bank, Inc. of Iaeger, WV took it over on Sep 19, 2008. Pioneer Community Bank, Inc. 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.
- 1906The First Clark National Bank of Northfork opens in Welch, WV
- Jan 2, 1991renamed Ameribank, National Association
- Jan 1, 1993renamed Ameribank, Inc.
- Sep 19, 2008FAILEDAmeribank, Inc. failed, and Pioneer Community Bank, Inc. of Iaeger, WV took it over.FDIC certificate 6782 ends; its business continues under certificate 2448.
- TodayOPEN
Pioneer Community Bank, Inc.Main office Iaeger, WV · FDIC certificate 2448 · 6 offices in 1 state on June 30, 2026Every Pioneer Community Bank, Inc. office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.pioneercommunitybank.com
If you still have something from Ameribank, Inc.
A lien that was never released
Ameribank, Inc. failed on Sep 19, 2008. 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 Pioneer Community Bank, Inc., 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, Pioneer Community Bank, Inc.). Start with Pioneer Community Bank, Inc., and ask them to search under the name Ameribank, Inc..
For failures since mid-1993 the law sets a clock: insured deposits not claimed within 18 months of the FDIC starting to pay depositors are offered to the state of the depositor's last known address on the bank's records. If the state takes them, the owner has 10 years to claim there before the money returns to the FDIC. Check FDIC unclaimed funds search and that state's unclaimed-property program.
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 Pioneer Community Bank, Inc.. 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. 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.
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Its offices in the FDIC deposit reports
17 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 2 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 18710 Coal Heritage RdWelch, WV | OpenPioneer Community Bank, Inc. |
| 14229 Rocket Boys DrWar, WV | OpenPioneer Community Bank, Inc. |
| 8895 North Military Trail, Suite 101dPalm Beach Gardens, FL | No longer reported |
| 83 Buchanan StreetBradshaw, WV | No longer reported |
| Main StreetNorthfork, WV | No longer reported |
| State Routes 80 and 83Bradshaw, WV | No longer reported |
| Main and Center StreetsIaeger, WV | No longer reported |
| Main StreetNorthfork, WV | No longer reported |
| Main StreetWar, WV | No longer reported |
| U.S. Highway 52 and Riverside DriveWelch, WV | No longer reported |
| 68400 Stewart DriveSt Clairsville, OH | No longer reported |
| Main & Liberty StreetDillonvale, OH | No longer reported |
| 222 Grandview AvenueTiltonsville, OH | No longer reported |
| Main and Center StreetsIaeger, WV | No longer reported |
| 4455 S. Broadway, Suite 11Englewood, CO | No longer reported |
| 124 Stollings AvenueLogan, WV | No longer reported |
| 236 East Second StreetWilliamson, WV | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Ameribank, Inc.
4 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Steel Valley Bank, National AssociationDillonvale, OH | Jan 3, 2005 |
| The First National Bank of KeystoneKeystone, WV | Sep 7, 1999 |
| The Bank of WarWar, WV | Jan 2, 1991 |
| Ameribank, Welch, West Virginia, Inc.Welch, WV | Jan 2, 1991 |
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 6782 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.