Farm to Market Road 1161 (FM 1161) is a
farm-to-market road
In the United States, a farm-to-market road or ranch-to-market road (sometimes farm road or ranch road for short) is a state highway or county road that connects rural or agricultural areas to market towns. These are better quality roads, usually ...
in
Wharton County
Wharton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 41,570. Its county seat is Wharton. The county was named for brothers William Harris Wharton and John Austin Wharton.
Wharton County c ...
in the U.S. state of
Texas
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. The two-lane highway begins at
FM 102 at
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
, heads in an easterly direction through
Spanish Camp Spanish Camp, also known as Spanish Colony, was a private cooperative community on the shore of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City. It existed from the 1920s to the first decade of the 21st century, when it was demolished.
His ...
and
Hungerford
Hungerford is a historic market town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, west of Newbury, east of Marlborough, northeast of Salisbury and 60 miles (97 km) west of London. The Kennet and Avon Canal passes through the town alongside the ...
and ends at a rural road to the east of Hungerford.
Route description
A two-lane highway along its entire route, FM 1161 begins at a stop sign on FM 102 in
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
and heads to the east-southeast past the local post office.
At from its starting point, FM 1164 passes the Heard Northington Plantation Museum and two state historical markers.
After continuing to the east-southeast for and passing the Camp Zion Cemetery, the highway arrives at the intersection with
FM 640. At the junction, FM 1161 turns sharply to the northeast as it goes through the community of Spanish Camp. From FM 640 to
State Highway 60 (SH 60) is a distance of . In this stretch, the highway heads first east-northeast, then east and finally east-southeast before crossing the
Union Pacific Railroad
The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...
and coming to a two-way stop sign at SH 60 and Future Business Interstate 69/Business U.S. Route 59. FM 1161 goes through the southern part of Hungerford for before crossing a bridge over
Future Interstate 69 (Future I-69)/
U.S. Route 59
U.S. Route 59 (US 59) is a north–south United States highway (though it was signed east–west in parts of Texas). A latecomer to the U.S. numbered route system, US 59 is now a border-to-border route, part of the NAFTA Corridor Highway Sy ...
(US 59). Traffic on FM 1161 can access I-69/US 59 in both directions via a half-cloverleaf on the south side. From I-69/US 59 to the end of FM 1161 at Boone's Bend Road is an additional .
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File:Spanish Camp TX FM 1161 at 640.JPG, FM 1161 curves sharply to the northeast at its junction with FM 640 in Spanish Camp.
File:Hungerford TX FM 1161 at Boones Bend.JPG, Start of FM 1161 at Boone's Bend Road east of Hungerford. View is west.
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History
FM 1161 was originally designated on February 25, 1949, to start at FM 102 in Egypt and go eastward a distance of roughly to US 59 near Hungerford. On May 23, 1951, the highway was extended farther east to an unnamed intersection, making a total distance of . On November 20, 1951 a final eastward extension of about was authorized.[
File:Egypt TX Heard Plantation.JPG, The view is south toward the Heard-Northington Plantation on FM 1161 in Egypt. The road beyond the barn is FM 102.
File:Spanish Camp TX Camp Zion Cemetery.JPG, Camp Zion Church Cemetery is northwest of Spanish Camp on the north side of FM 1161.
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Major intersections
See also
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References
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1161
Year 1161 (Roman numerals, MCLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* February 3 – Battle of Oslo (1161), Battle of Oslo: King Inge I of Nor ...
Transportation in Wharton County, Texas