Ranch to Market Road 1826 (RM 1826) is a 12.09 miles (19.46 km) state-maintained ranch 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...

 located in Travis

Travis County, Texas

As of 2009, the U.S. census estimates there were 1,026,158 people, 320,766 households, and 183,798 families residing in the county. The population density was 821 people per square mile . There were 335,881 housing units at an average density of 340 per square mile...

 and Hays

Hays County, Texas

Hays County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, its official population had reached 157,107. It is named for John Coffee Hays, a Texas Ranger and Mexican-American War officer. The seat of the county is San Marcos....

 counties of the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of 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

RM 1826 begins at an intersection with just north of Driftwood

Driftwood, Texas

Driftwood is an unincorporated community in northern Hays County, Texas, United States. It lies along FM 967 north of the city of San Marcos, the county seat of Hays County. Its elevation is 1,043 feet...

. The route proceeds northeast 8.4 miles (13.5 km), entering Travis County to intersect the stub end of the southern segment of . It continues northeast 3.7 miles (6 km) along the Austin

Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

 city limits to its northern terminus, along west of its intersection with in the Oak Hill

Oak Hill, Texas

Oak Hill is a community in southwest Austin, Texas, United States that was formerly a distinct unincorporated area in southwestern Travis County. Originally called Live Oak Springs, Oak Hill is located on U.S. Highway 290 and Williamson Creek, eight miles south of Downtown Austin.-History:An 1865...

 neighborhood of Austin.

RM 1826 is named Camp Ben McCulloch Road. Camp Ben McCulloch is located along RM 1826, just east of RM 150.

History

FM 1826 was designated in Travis County in 1951, starting at US 290 and running to the Hays County line. The route was extended into Hays County, to near Driftwood, in 1954; the same year also saw the designation changed from an FM to an RM. FM 966 would be canceled and combined with RM 150 in 1955.

Major intersections