Personal loans in Mineral Springs, AR
A personal loan taken out in Mineral Springs, Arkansas is priced from your credit file and your income, not from your address. The Census puts Mineral Springs's population at about 1,060, which ranks it 179th among the 500 places in Arkansas. Population in Mineral Springs dropped about 2.3% over the three years from 2020 to 2023. A lender that serves Arkansas operates under that state's lending statutes and its own supervisor. Read the disclosure for an origination fee and any prepayment penalty before signing. The nearest larger city is Nashville, AR about 6 miles away.
Borrowing in Mineral Springs: the local picture
What follows is Mineral Springs's place in the Census record, alongside the Arkansas rules that govern a personal loan made here.
- Population: about 1,060, ranked 179th of 500 places in Arkansas (Census Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate).
- Population trend: Roughly 2.3% fewer residents than the 2020 Census counted.
- Size percentile: bigger than about 64% of the places in Arkansas.
- Location: it lies at 33.8777, -93.9214 in the Census Gazetteer.
- Nearest larger cities: Nashville (6 mi); Ashdown (18 mi); Murfreesboro (19 mi); Hope (24 mi); De Queen (27 mi). Lenders licensed in the state serve Mineral Springs whether or not they keep a local branch.
- Smaller places close by: Tollette (4 mi); Ozan (12 mi); Ben Lomond (12 mi).
What Arkansas law requires in Mineral Springs
Each figure in the table below carries a publisher and a date; where the state publishes nothing, we point to the source rather than estimate.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Payday lending status | Not permitted — all storefront payday lending eliminated; the Attorney General has worked to eliminate all forms of payday lending since 2008 Source says: "the Attorney General's office has worked to eliminate all forms of payday lending in Arkansas"; "all storefront payday loan operations in Arkansas have been shut down". | Arkansas Attorney General — Consumer Protection Division as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | See the latest published figure value_text left null: the State Bank Department does not publish a consumer small-loan license rate schedule that could be verified; storefront payday lending has been eliminated (see Payday lending status). See the linked regulator page for the licensee categories it supervises. | Arkansas State Bank Department as of 2026-09-16 |
| State lending regulator | Arkansas State Bank Department Source says: "The Department is charged with regulating state-chartered commercial banks with main offices in Arkansas". | Arkansas State Bank Department as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 17% per annum for loans not made by or to governmental units or by federally insured depository institutions (Amendment 89, effective January 1, 2011) Source says: "shall not exceed seventeen percent (17%) per annum". | Arkansas Legislature — Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 89, § 3 (proposed by H.J.R. 1004 of 2009) as of 2026-09-16 |
What a Mineral Springs personal loan looks like
Most personal loans made to Mineral Springs residents are unsecured, so no collateral is pledged and the lender leans on your credit history. Most scoring models treat rate-shopping within a focused window as one inquiry, so comparing offers early is usually safe. Borrowing is a decision to make calmly, not one to rush.
A pre-application checklist for Mineral Springs
These are the steps that most influence the offer you get in Mineral Springs:
- Order your free credit reports and dispute anything inaccurate — it is the cheapest way to move the rate you are offered.
- Price the payment first with our personal loan calculator before any lender quotes you.
- Pre-qualify with three or more lenders, then compare the APR rather than the interest rate.
- Confirm the lender holds a Arkansas licence by checking the regulator named above.
- Write down the purpose of the loan and your repayment plan before you apply.
Common questions
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Nearby places
- Tollette, AR — population 187
- Nashville, AR — population 4,043
- Ozan, AR — population 49
- Ben Lomond, AR — population 136
- McNab, AR — population 29
- Washington, AR — population 90
- Dierks, AR — population 894
- Wilton, AR — population 287