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What happened to The Peoples State Bank?
The Peoples State Bank in Many, LA merged into MidSouth Bank, National Association of Lafayette, LA on Dec 29, 2012. After 1 more change of hands, what was The Peoples State Bank is today part of Hancock Whitney Bank (Gulfport, MS).
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.
- 1913The Peoples State Bank opens in Many, LA
- Dec 29, 2012MERGEDThe Peoples State Bank merged into MidSouth Bank, National Association of Lafayette, LA.FDIC certificate 8801 ends; its business continues under certificate 25884.
- Sep 21, 2019MERGEDMidSouth Bank, National Association of Lafayette, LA merged into Hancock Whitney Bank of Gulfport, MS.FDIC certificate 25884 ends; its business continues under certificate 12441.
- TodayOPEN
Hancock Whitney BankMain office Gulfport, MS · FDIC certificate 12441 · 186 offices in 5 states on June 30, 2026Every Hancock Whitney Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.hancockwhitney.com
If you still have something from The Peoples State Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows The Peoples State Bank as lienholder, start with Hancock Whitney Bank. 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 Hancock Whitney Bank to search for the account under the name The Peoples State Bank. 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 Hancock Whitney Bank which branch now holds boxes from the The Peoples State Bank 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
20 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 7 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 315 Royal StNatchitoches, LA | OpenHancock Whitney Bank |
| 880 San Antonio AveMany, LA | OpenHancock Whitney Bank |
| 8360 W 70th StGreenwood, LA | OpenHancock Whitney Bank |
| 2144 Obrie St.Zwolle, LA | OpenHancock Whitney Bank |
| 1017 Washington AveMansfield, LA | OpenHancock Whitney Bank |
| 1423 Wimbledon BlvdAlexandria, LA | OpenBOM Bank |
| 3412 Mac Lee DrAlexandria, LA | OpenBOM Bank |
| 5602 Richmond RoadTexarkana, TX | No longer reported |
| 12054 Texas HighwayMany, LA | No longer reported |
| Highway 171 SouthFlorien, LA | No longer reported |
| Main StreetPleasant Hills, LA | No longer reported |
| 180 San Antonio AvenueMany, LA | No longer reported |
| 8801 San Antonio AvenueMany, LA | No longer reported |
| 4115 Highway 6Natchitoches, LA | No longer reported |
| 100 Hwy 3175Natchitoches, LA | No longer reported |
| 8994 Texas StreetRobeline, LA | No longer reported |
| 3702 Summerhill RoadTexarkana, TX | No longer reported |
| 1700 Bank DriveAlexandria, LA | No longer reported |
| 806 Second StreetNatchitoches, LA | No longer reported |
| 311 Cane River Shopping CenterNatchitoches, LA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into The Peoples State Bank
6 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 7 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| First State BankTexarkana, TX | Dec 6, 2005 |
| First Bank of Natchitoches and Trust CompanyNatchitoches, LA | Jun 20, 1997 |
| Red River Federal Savings and Loan AssociationCoushatta, LA | May 17, 1991 |
| Liberty Bank and Trust CompanyGreenwood, LA | Jun 26, 1987 |
| Pelican State BankMansfield, LA | Jun 24, 1987 |
| Bank of Pleasant HillPleasant Hill, LA | Jan 1, 1985 |
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 8801 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.