Farm to Market Road 2215
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Farm to Market Road 2215, or FM 2215, runs about 1.34 miles (2.2 km) from north of Frankston, Texas
Frankston, Texas
Frankston is a town in Anderson County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,209 at the 2000 census. Frankston was named for Frankie Miller, a young woman who donated land for the downtown city park.-Geography:...

 east, to a county road within the town of Berryville
Berryville, Texas
Berryville is a town in Henderson County, Texas, United States. The population was 891 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Berryville is located at ....

 near the west shore of Lake Palestine
Lake Palestine
Lake Palestine is a freshwater lake in Texas. Its shoreline spans approx 136 miles. There are numerous public boat launches found around its perimeter. - Sources :...

. It is in the southeast portion of Henderson County
Henderson County, Texas
As of the census of 2000, there were 73,277 people, 28,804 households, and 20,969 families residing in the county. The population density was 84 people per square mile . There were 35,935 housing units at an average density of 41 per square mile...

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Route description

FM 2215 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. FM 2215 serves only Berryville, and is within the town's city limits for its entire length. It connects the small lakeside town to SH 155, which leads to Frankston to the south, and Coffee City
Coffee City, Texas
Coffee City is a small town in Henderson County, Texas, United States. The population was 193 at the 2000 census. Coffee City is a "wet sliver" of the county. Smith County residents, mainly from the southern part of Tyler, come near this county line to buy beer, wine, and liquor...

, Dogwood City, Noonday
Noonday, Texas
Noonday is a city in Smith County, Texas, United States. The population was 515 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Tyler, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area....

, and Tyler
Tyler, Texas
Tyler is a city in and the county seat of Smith County, Texas, in the United States. It takes its name from President John Tyler . The city had a population of 109,000 in 2010, according to the United States Census Bureau...

 to the north. FM 2215 only intersects with local county roads besides that of SH 155, its west terminus.

History

Prior to 1978, the FM 2215 designation was assigned to a road in Erath County
Erath County, Texas
Erath County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 33,001. It is named for George Bernard Erath, an early surveyor and a soldier at the Battle of San Jacinto. The seat of the county is Stephenville....

 near Stephenville
Stephenville, Texas
Stephenville is a city in and the county seat of Erath County, Texas, United States. The population was 14,921 at the 2000 census. Founded in 1856, it is home to Tarleton State University. Stephenville is among several communities that calls itself the "Cowboy Capital of the...

 along a 1.2 miles (1.9 km) stretch between FM 8
Farm to Market Road 8
Farm to Market Road 8 or FM 8 is a Texas state maintained road which serves to connect rural and agricultural areas to market towns, in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located in Eastland and Erath counties...

 and US 67
U.S. Route 67
U.S. Route 67 is a 1,560 mile long north–south U.S. highway in the Central United States. The southern terminus of the route is at the United States-Mexico border in Presidio, Texas, where it continues south as Mexican Federal Highway 16 upon crossing the Rio Grande. The northern...

; this version of FM 2215 was in effect between 1954 and 1967. The current FM 2215 was commissioned in 1978, though it is unclear as to when FM 2215 was completed. The road replaced a narrow, bumpy county road that was in existence through most of the 1970s.

Major intersections

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