Farm to Market Road 220, or FM 220, in eastern Texas

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), runs about 4.07 miles (6.6 km) from an intersection with a county road, north to TX 21 southwest of Alto

Alto, Texas

Alto is a town in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,190 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Alto is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....

. Prior to 1951, the FM 220 designation belonged to a road in Hamilton County starting with a Minute Order in 1945. This version of FM 220 originally went from Lanham to Fairy

Fairy, Texas

Fairy is an unincorporated community located in Hamilton County in Central Texas. Fairy is located in the northern part of the county at the junction of Fm-219 and Fm-1602.-History:...

. A 1948 Minute Order extended the road to Hico

Hico, Texas

Hico is a small city located in Hamilton County in Central Texas. The population was 1,341 at the 2000 census. The town motto is "Where Everybody Is Somebody!" The county seat is Hamilton some twenty miles to the south on United States Highway 281....

 from Fairy, for 9.8 miles (15.8 km). Another addition came by Minute Order in 1949, for 4.7 miles (7.6 km) miles past Lanham. This FM 220 was cancelled in 1950 and changed designations to FM 1602 to avoid confusion with TX 220

Texas State Highway 220

Texas State Highway 220 is a Texas state highway located in Hamilton and Erath Counties.-Route description:SH 220 begins at an intersection with SH 6 in Hico. The route travels generally to the northeast, and the only highway intersection between its termini is with , approximately four miles...

 in Hico.

FM 220 has no local street names. Rural for the most part, the landscape along the road includes rolling hills of alternating open pastures and trees. The road has 2 lanes and no shoulders for its entire length. All of FM 220 is in far southwest 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...

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The road was commissioned in 1951, though it is unclear as to when FM 220 was completed. The road serves no towns but is closest to Alto. The road connects the rural area to TX 21, which goes southwest to Crockett

Crockett, Texas

Crockett is a city in Houston County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 7,141. It is the county seat of Houston County.- History :...

 and east to Alto and Nacogdoches

Nacogdoches, Texas

Nacogdoches is a city in Nacogdoches County, Texas, in the United States. The 2010 census recorded the city's population to be 32,996. It is the county seat of Nacogdoches County and is situated in East Texas. Nacogdoches is a sister city of Natchitoches, Louisiana.Nacogdoches is the home of...

. FM 220 only intersects with local county roads besides that of TX 21, its north terminus.

Major intersections

The route is in far southwest Cherokee County.

Mile	Roads intersected	Notes
0	county road	Southern terminus
4.07		Northern terminus