Texas State Highway 220 is a 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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State highway

State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...

 located in Hamilton and Erath

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....

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Route description

SH 220 begins at an intersection with SH 6 in 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....

. The route travels generally to the northeast, and the only highway intersection between its termini is with , approximately four miles north of Hico. SH 220 ends at an intersection with west of Chalk Mountain

Chalk Mountain, Texas

Chalk Mountain is a small unincorporated community in Erath County, Texas, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 67 near the Somervell County line, about 25 miles southwest of Glen Rose.-Bengal Kitten:...

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History

SH 220 was designated between 1936 and 1939 along its current route. The route retained its designation during the reorganization of the state highway system in 1939.

Major intersections