Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
34.005 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 1280

Minute Order 027015, dated 07/14/1949

From US 237, 6.0 miles northwest of Groveton, westward to a road intersection, a distance of approximately 7.8 miles. (Trinity County)  New Designation.



Minute Order 031305, dated 11/20/1951

From US 67, 6.0 miles northwest of Groveton westward to Houston County Line, a distance of approximately 10.3 miles. (Trinity County )  Extended approximately 2.6 miles to Houston County Line.



Minute Order 031219, dated 11/20/1951, Adm. Order , dated 01/14/1952

From SH 45 in Lovelady eastward to US 287, 6.0 miles northwest of Groveton, a distance of approximately 17.9 miles. (Houston and Trinity Counties) Extended approximately 7.6 miles to SH 45 in Lovelady 3.5 miles of which transferred from canceled FM  1273.



Minute Order 036848, dated 10/13/1954, Adm. Cir., 049-1954, dated 11/15/1954

From Pearsons Chapel (Post Oak) eastward to SH 45 in Lovelady, and from another point on SH 45 in Lovelady eastward to US 287 about 6.0 miles northwest of Groveton, a distance of approximately 23.7 miles. (Houston and Trinity Counties)  Extended approximately 6.3 miles from Pearsons Chapel to Lovelady.



Minute Order 041046, dated 11/21/1956, Adm. Auth., dated 12/17/1956, Adm. Cir., 001-1957, dated 01/01/1957

From US 287 approximately 6.0 miles northwest of Groveton northwestward to SH 45 in Lovelady, and from another point on SH 45 in Lovelady northwestward via Pearsons Chapel and Austonio to Ash, a distance of approximately 34.6 miles. (Trinity and Houston Counties)  Extended approximately 6.8 miles from Pearsons Chapel to Austonio and FM 1732  canceled and combined adding approximately 4.0 miles.



Adm. Cir., 022-1958, dated 06/01/1958

From US 287 approximately 6.0 miles northwest of Groveton, northwestward to SH 45 in Lovelady; then from a point on FM 230 in Lovelady, northwestward via Pearsons Chapel and Austonio to Ash, a total distance of approx. 34.3 miles. (Trinity and Houston Counties)  Redescribed to show intermediate terminus in Lovelady as FM 230 instead of SH 45.