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What happened to Star Valley State Bank?
Star Valley State Bank in Afton, WY merged into First Security Bank of Wyoming of Rock Springs, WY on Aug 22, 1994. The chain runs 2 steps further and ends with no operating bank.
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the last entry on record. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1907Star Valley State Bank opens in Afton, WY
- Aug 22, 1994MERGEDStar Valley State Bank merged into First Security Bank of Wyoming of Rock Springs, WY.FDIC certificate 8721 ends; its business continues under certificate 11959.
- Nov 24, 1997MERGEDFirst Security Bank of Wyoming of Rock Springs, WY merged into First Security Bank, National Association of Ogden, UT.FDIC certificate 11959 ends; its business continues under certificate 13718.
- date not recordedENDEDFirst Security Bank, National Association (by then renamed Wells Fargo Trust Company, National Association) of Ogden, UT left the FDIC's list of insured banks.FDIC certificate 13718 ends.
- NO SUCCESSOR BANK
The FDIC record ends here. No operating bank carries this charter today.
If you still have something from Star Valley State Bank
A lien that was never released
The FDIC record shows no successor bank for Star Valley State Bank. The FDIC says it may be able to help only where the lender was a failed bank placed in FDIC receivership.
Our suggestion, not the FDIC's: a title company or real-estate attorney in the county where the lien is recorded will know how that state clears a lien from a lender that no longer exists.
An old account, passbook or CD
With no successor bank to ask, go to the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records. The OCC gives the same advice for old records from a bank that no longer exists.
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
Contents of boxes left behind are handled under state unclaimed-property law. Start with the unclaimed-property program of Wyoming, where the box was.
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.
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
2 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 1 is still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 116 S Main StThayne, WY | OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association |
| 485 South Washington StreetAfton, WY | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Star Valley State Bank
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| American National Bank of AftonAfton, WY | Oct 15, 1987 |
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 8721 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.