Personal loans in Frankston, TX
With roughly 1,111 residents, Frankston is a small community, and the lending rules its borrowers live under are written in Texas, not by the city.
Decide the purpose of the loan and your repayment plan before sharing any details with a Frankston lender. The Census estimates 1,111 residents in Frankston, which ranks it 773rd of 1,224 places in Texas. State law, rather than federal rules alone, supplies the rate caps and licensing rules that reach Frankston's 1,111 residents. Frankston lost roughly 1.2% of its population across the 2020-to-2023 comparison. The nearest larger city is Bullard, TX about 12 miles away.
Borrowing in Frankston: the local picture
Only a few things actually differ by place — population, area, location, and the Texas rules a lender must follow — and they are below.
- Population: 1,111 — Frankston ranks 773rd of 1,224 communities in Texas (US Census Bureau, Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: About 1.2% below the 2020 Census base.
- Absolute change: 13 residents lost between 2020 and 2023.
- Size percentile: roughly 37% of Texas's places have fewer residents than Frankston's 1,111.
- Population density: about 448 people per square mile (Census land area 2.5 sq mi).
- By land area: Frankston ranks 592nd among Texas's 1,224 places, at 2.5 sq mi.
- State share: roughly 0.0% of Texas's residents live in Frankston (1,111 people).
- National standing: Frankston ranks 9,823rd of 19,457 US places.
- Growth in Texas: Frankston stands 982nd by percentage change from 2020 to 2023, among 1,224 places.
- State comparison: Texas's places average +6.5% for 2020-to-2023, against Frankston's 1.2%.
- Density rank: Frankston places 920th among Texas's places by people per square mile.
- Density in context: Frankston's 448 people per square mile sit against a Texas median of 840.
- Location: 32.0573, -95.5045 (US Census Bureau Gazetteer).
- Nearest larger cities: Bullard (12 mi); Jacksonville (16 mi); Chandler (17 mi); Brownsboro (18 mi); Whitehouse (20 mi). A bigger neighbour may offer more branches; the rate you see still follows your credit, not your address.
- Smaller communities within reach: Berryville (3 mi); Coffee City (5 mi); Poynor (5 mi).
- Smaller places within 50 miles: 34 of them.
- At 100 miles: 153 larger Census places fall inside that radius.
The anatomy of a Frankston personal loan
Most loans made to Frankston's 1,111 residents are unsecured, so nothing is pledged and the lender relies on your credit history. Two numbers drive a Frankston loan: the APR, which includes fees, and the term, which decides how long you keep paying. A longer term lowers the monthly payment on a Frankston loan but raises total interest, so the smallest payment is not the cheapest loan.
The geography behind Frankston
Frankston covers about 2.5 square miles of land (Census Gazetteer); no significant water area is recorded inside its boundaries. That land carries about 448 people per square mile. The largest place in Texas, Houston, lies about 157 miles away. Counting outward 50 miles, 34 larger communities surround Frankston. By land area it ranks 592nd of 1,224 Texas places.
What to do before borrowing in Frankston
Before you apply in Frankston, a community of about 1,111, work through these steps:
- Get all three reports, dispute anything wrong, and keep the corrected file for your applications.
- Run the numbers on the personal loan calculator so you know the payment before you apply.
- Gather at least three pre-qualified offers and line up the APR, not the headline rate.
- Confirm the lender holds a Texas licence by checking the regulator named above.
- Choose a term you can live with; stretching it lowers the payment but raises total interest.
- Keep the amount to the expense; an approval is not a reason to take more.
- Write down the purpose of the loan and your repayment plan before you apply.
None of these steps is Frankston-specific: the same Texas licensing and disclosure rules reach all 1,111 residents.
The Texas lending rules that reach Frankston
These are Texas's sourced lending facts as they reach Frankston's 1,111 residents; the state has no city-level rate rule.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC) Source says: The OCCC licenses and regulates non-depository lenders in the state of Texas. | Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | License required for non-depository lenders charging more than 10% interest; Chapter 342 governs consumer loans (Tex. Fin. Code § 342.051) Source says: Non-depository lenders who engage in making, transacting, or collecting loans with a rate of interest greater than 10% must be licensed by the OCCC. | Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 10% per year maximum; a greater rate is usurious unless otherwise provided by law (Tex. Fin. Code § 302.001) Source says: The maximum rate or amount of interest is 10 percent a year except as otherwise provided by law. | Texas Legislature (Texas Constitution and Statutes) as of 2026-09-16 |
Frankston in state context
Set beside Texas's 1,224 places, Frankston ranks 773rd by population and holds about 0.0% of the state total. On the 2020-to-2023 trend, Frankston stands 982nd among Texas's 1,224 places — roughly the 20th percentile. Its roughly 448 residents per square mile place it 920th among Texas's places. By land area, its 2.5 square miles rank 592nd of 1,224 places in Texas.
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Nearby places
- Berryville, TX — population 904
- Coffee City, TX — population 249
- Poynor, TX — population 289
- Cuney, TX — population 115
- Moore Station, TX — population 162
- Bullard, TX — population 4,848
- Noonday, TX — population 759
- Chandler, TX — population 3,625