Minnesota State Highway 269
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Minnesota State Highway 269 is a short highway
Highway
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 in southwest Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

, which runs from South Dakota Highway 11
South Dakota Highway 11
South Dakota Highway 11 is a 2-part state route that runs across southeast South Dakota. The longer of the alignments begins at South Dakota Highway 48 east of Spink, and runs northerly through Sioux Falls to the Minnesota border north of Sherman where it continues as Minnesota State Highway 269. ...

 at the South Dakota
South Dakota
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 state line, and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection
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 with State Highway 23
Minnesota State Highway 23
Minnesota State Highway 23 is a state highway that stretches from southwest to northeast Minnesota. At in length, it is the second longest state route in Minnesota, after MN 1....

 (Railroad Avenue) in the town of Jasper
Jasper, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 597 people, 286 households, and 173 families residing in the city. The population density was 678.2 people per square mile . There were 308 housing units at an average density of 349.9 per square mile...

.

The route is 2.7 miles (4.3 km) in length.

Route description

Highway 269 serves as a short east–west route in southwest Minnesota between the South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...

 state line and State Highway 23 in Jasper.

The route runs along the county line for Rock
Rock County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 9,721 people, 3,843 households, and 2,705 families residing in the county. The population density was 20 people per square mile . There were 4,137 housing units at an average density of 9 per square mile...

 and Pipestone
Pipestone County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 9,895 people, 4,069 households, and 2,726 families residing in the county. The population density was 21 people per square mile . There were 4,434 housing units at an average density of 10 per square mile...

 counties for most of its length, jutting slightly north when it enters Jasper.

Highway 269 follows West Wall Street in Jasper
Jasper, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 597 people, 286 households, and 173 families residing in the city. The population density was 678.2 people per square mile . There were 308 housing units at an average density of 349.9 per square mile...

. The route is also known as part of 1st Street within Pipestone County.

The route is legally defined as Route 269 in the Minnesota Statutes.

History

Highway 269 was authorized on July 1, 1949.

The route was paved at the time it was marked.

Major intersections

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