Farm to Market Road 22 is a 9.07 mi (14.6 km) farm to market road

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 north-central Cherokee County

Cherokee County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 46,659 people, 16,651 households, and 12,105 families residing in the county. The population density was 44 people per square mile . There were 19,173 housing units at an average density of 18 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

The western terminus of FM 22 is at an intersection with US 69

U.S. Route 69

U.S. Route 69 is a north–south United States highway. When it was first created, it was only long, but it has since been expanded into a Minnesota to Texas cross-country route. The highway's southern terminus is in Port Arthur, Texas at an intersection with State Highway 87...

 in Craft

Craft, Texas

Craft is a small unincorporated community in central Cherokee County, Texas , located between Rusk and Jacksonville along U.S. Highway 69. It lies at an elevation of ....

. The route travels east through Turney and Gallatin

Gallatin, Texas

Gallatin is a city in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. The population was 378 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Gallatin is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

, where it has a brief concurrency with FM 768. FM 22 continues eastward and ends at an intersection with SH 110 south of the community of Ponta

Ponta, Texas

Ponta is a small unincorporated community in eastern Cherokee County, Texas , located between Jacksonville and Nacogdoches at an intersection of Texas State Highway 110 and Texas State Highway 204. It lies at an elevation of ....

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FM 22 has no local street names. Mostly rural for all of its length, FM 22 passes by a landscape of rolling hills of trees and farmland. The route is a two-lane road without shoulders for its entire length.

History

FM 22 was originally commissioned in 1942; its length was identical to that of its present-day routing. In 1970, a section west of US 69 at Craft, connecting to south of Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Texas

Jacksonville is located in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. The population was 13,868 at the 2000 census. It is the principal city of the Jacksonville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Cherokee County and part of the larger Tyler-Jacksonville Combined Statistical...

, was added, increasing the length by 1.2 miles (1.9 km). This addition was removed from the state highway system in 1972, and FM 22 returned to its previous length. The actual dates of construction of the route are unclear.

Major intersections

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Craft, Texas

Craft is a small unincorporated community in central Cherokee County, Texas , located between Rusk and Jacksonville along U.S. Highway 69. It lies at an elevation of ....

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Gallatin, Texas

Gallatin is a city in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. The population was 378 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Gallatin is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

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