Farm to Market Road 1288
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Farm to Market Road 1288 (FM 1288) is a farm to market road
in Clay County
, Texas
.
, at an intersection with . It travels to the north through the farming areas of southeastern Clay County, through the community of Vashti
, to Bellevue
and , the main thoroughfare in the region. After a brief concurrency with US 287, the route continues north about 4.5 mi (7.2 km) before state maintenance ends. The roadway continues as Worsham Road under county jurisdiction before it eventually becomes .
FM 1288 is a two-lane route for its entire length, except for the section that is concurrent with US 287 in Bellevue.
in 1949; the route traveled westward from US 287 near Bowie
to the Clay County line. The section from Bellevue to Vashti was originally designated ; after the designation of FM 1288 was extended in 1953 to Vashti and then southward to SH 59, the state effectively swapped the designations of the two segments, eliminating the 90-degree bend in FM 174 and removing FM 1288 from Montague County. Two northward extensions of the state-maintained section, in 1959 and 1960, brought the route to its current length.
Farm to Market Road
In the United States, a farm-to-market road or ranch-to-market road is a state road or county road which serves to connect rural or agricultural areas to market towns...
in Clay County
Clay County, Texas
As of the census of 2000, there were 11,006 people, 4,323 households, and 3,181 families residing in the county. The population density was 10 people per square mile . There were 4,992 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
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Route description
FM 1288 begins north of NewportNewport, Texas
Newport is on Farm to Market Road 1288 and SH 59 southeast of Henrietta in far southeastern Clay County, Texas. Farm to Market Road 2127 also passes just south of town. Its population is estimated at 70.-History:...
, at an intersection with . It travels to the north through the farming areas of southeastern Clay County, through the community of Vashti
Vashti, Texas
Vashti is an unincorporated community at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 174 and Farm to Market Road 1288, 18 miles southeast of Henrietta and four miles south of Bellevue in southeastern Clay County, Texas, United States.The elevation is .-History:...
, to Bellevue
Bellevue, Texas
Bellevue is a city in Clay County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 386 at the 2000 census.- History :...
and , the main thoroughfare in the region. After a brief concurrency with US 287, the route continues north about 4.5 mi (7.2 km) before state maintenance ends. The roadway continues as Worsham Road under county jurisdiction before it eventually becomes .
FM 1288 is a two-lane route for its entire length, except for the section that is concurrent with US 287 in Bellevue.
History
FM 1288 was first designated in neighboring Montague CountyMontague County, Texas
As of the census of 2000, there were 19,117 people, 7,770 households, and 5,485 families residing in the county. The population density was 20 people per square mile . There were 9,862 housing units at an average density of 11 per square mile...
in 1949; the route traveled westward from US 287 near Bowie
Bowie, Texas
Bowie is a city in Montague County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,219 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Bowie has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:...
to the Clay County line. The section from Bellevue to Vashti was originally designated ; after the designation of FM 1288 was extended in 1953 to Vashti and then southward to SH 59, the state effectively swapped the designations of the two segments, eliminating the 90-degree bend in FM 174 and removing FM 1288 from Montague County. Two northward extensions of the state-maintained section, in 1959 and 1960, brought the route to its current length.