Highway Designation File

Transportation Planning and Programming Division
Current Description-Effective Date-Authority


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
23.912 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 261

Minute Order 021215, dated 06/11/1945 (date of agreement)

From Spur southward and westward a distance of 6 miles. (Dickens County)  New Designation.



Minute Order 022793, dated 12/10/1946 (date of agreement)

From the city of Spur southward and westward an approximate distance of 7.0 miles. (Dickens County)  Extended westward 1 mile.



Minute Order 035439, dated 12/18/1953

From Spur 21 in the City of Spur, southward and westward to Crosby County Line, a distance of approximately 14.3 miles (Dickens County)  Extended approximately 7.8 miles westward to Crosby County Line.



Minute Order 036337, dated 07/01/1954, Circ. 036-1954, dated 09/01/1954

From FM 651 eastward and northward via Kalgary to Spur 21 in the City of Spur, a distance of approximately 23.7 miles. (Crosby and Dickens Counties) Approximately 6.4 miles from end of present FM 2082 at Kalgary east to end of FM 261 at Crosby/Dickens County Line added. FM 2082 cancelled and combined, adding 3.0 miles.