Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
22.57 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 1261

Minute Order 026945, dated 07/14/1949

From SH 282, 2.5 miles north of FM 278 eastward and northward to a road intersection, a distance of approximately 10.0 miles. (Hansford County) New Designation.



Minute Order 031433, dated 12/18/51

From SH 282 northeast of Gruver eastward, northward and eastward to Panhandle and Eastern Pipe Line Plant, a distance of approximately 18.7 miles. (Hansford County)  Extended approximately 8.0 miles northward and eastward.



Minute Order 037062, dated 10/26/1954, Adm. Cir., 050-1954, dated 12/01/1954

From SH 282, northeast of Gruver, eastward and northward to the Oklahoma State Line, a distance of approximately 22.6 miles. (Hansford County) Extended eastward and northward approximately 3.6 miles to the Oklahoma Line.



Minute Order 056555, dated 09/01/1965; Adm. Cir., 047-1967, dated 05/15/1967

From SH 207 northeast of Gruver, eastward and northward approximately 22.6 miles to the Texas/Oklahoma S/L. (Hansford County)  Redescribed due to SH 282 being redesignated SH 207.