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Welcome to Mineral ...

Mineral is located in Sevier County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mineral, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Mineral is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Mineral lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Mineral: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Mineral ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Arkansas communities named Mineral: This one is located in Sevier County and the other is located in Pulaski County.

Beyond Arkansas, there are 16 communities that are also named Mineral - they are located in California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Nevada, New Brunswick, Ohio (2), Oregon, Texas, Virginia (2) and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mineral.

Communities near Mineral ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mineral.

  • De Queen
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Dierks
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Horatio
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Wickes
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Lockesburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lockesburg is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockesburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
  • Grannis
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Grannis is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grannis
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
  • Cove
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Vandervoort
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Vandervoort is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandervoort
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
  • Bog Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bog Springs is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bog Springs
  • Hatton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Hatton is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Mineral. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mineral.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mineral. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mineral.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mineral. See our Newspapers Page for Mineral.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mineral ...

Looking for more information about Mineral? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Mineral, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mineral.

Adding Mineral to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mineral in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Mineral was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Mineral post office opened in 1905. The Mineral post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mineral.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Sevier, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mineral - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Mineral area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Mineral area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/