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The bank item: Community State Bank

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1943–1987

The Community State Bank of North Liberty was chartered in 1943 and merged into 1st Source Bank in 1987 — it did not fail, and it is not independent.Community State Bank, FDIC Certificate 15942, headquarters carried as "Main Street," North Liberty, was established 1 May 1943 under a state charter. The FDIC history record carries exactly two events: the 1943 initiation, and a "Merger — Without Assistance" effective 1 April 1987, the surviving institution being 1st Source Bank of South Bend (Certificate 9087), which acquired one branch; the FDIC locations record for the certificate returns no current locations. Corroboration outside the FDIC record, labeled as such: the National Register nomination cites a 1960 newspaper item, "New Home for Community State Bank," and the 1960 bank building stands at 109 North Main Street, where the town's own links page lists 1st Source Bank today. The banks leg of this build digs the institution whole. One boundary of the settlement prints with it: the question a sister build left open on its own ground — whether an 1982 festival mention of this bank was a branch, a sponsorship, or a misprint — is not settled by anything in the FDIC record reached here, and it is not claimed.

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Source: The bank item: Community State Bank, Moosed History by Project Moosed, https://history.projectmoosed.com/usa/midwest/indiana/north-liberty/the-story/bank-item-at-pointer-strength-community-state-bank/