Farm to Market Road 177, or FM 177, in the eastern part 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...

 (USA

United States

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), runs about 4.98 miles (8 km) from an intersection with US 69

U.S. Route 69

U.S. Route 69 is a north–south United States highway. When it was first created, it was only long, but it has since been expanded into a Minnesota to Texas cross-country route. The highway's southern terminus is in Port Arthur, Texas at an intersection with State Highway 87...

 in Mount Selman

Mount Selman, Texas

Mount Selman is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. It is located at the junction of U.S. Route 69, Farm to Market Road 177, and Farm to Market Road 855, north of Rusk.-History:...

 east to Mixon

Mixon, Texas

Mixon is a small unincorporated community in northern Cherokee County, Texas , located between Jacksonville and Troup along Texas State Highway 135. It lies at an elevation of ....

 at an intersection with SH 135

Texas State Highway 135

State Highway 135 or SH 135 is a Texas state highway that runs from Jacksonville to near Gladewater in east Texas . The route was designated by 1933 from Gladewater to Troup, and was extended over a portion of FM 347 to Jacksonville in 1990 , completing its current route.-Counties and...

. The road is located in far north-central Cherokee County

Cherokee County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 46,659 people, 16,651 households, and 12,105 families residing in the county. The population density was 44 people per square mile . There were 19,173 housing units at an average density of 18 per square mile...

.

Route description

FM 177 has no local street names. Mostly rural for all of its length, FM 177 passes by a landscape of rolling hills of trees and farmland. All of FM 177 has 2 lanes and no shoulders. The road serves just the 2 towns of Mount Selman and Mixon. The western terminus intersection connects to US 69 which goes south to Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Texas

Jacksonville is located in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. The population was 13,868 at the 2000 census. It is the principal city of the Jacksonville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Cherokee County and part of the larger Tyler-Jacksonville Combined Statistical...

 and north to 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...

; while the eastern terminus intersection connects to TX 135 which goes northeast to Troup

Troup, Texas

Troup is a city in Cherokee and Smith Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 1,949 at the 2000 census. Troup is the 2nd community to legalize Beer, Wine, and Liquor for retail sale in Smith County since 1939, just 2nd to Winona, that legalized back in 2010.Troup lies in two...

, and south to Jacksonville. FM 177 has intersections at county roads, besides its intersections with FM 2493

Farm to Market Road 2493

Farm to Market Road 2493, or FM 2493, in the eastern part of Texas , is a major thoroughfare that is approximately in length from an intersection with FM 177 west of Mixon northwestward, then north through Bullard, Flint, Gresham, then into Tyler where it intersects US 69. The road is located in...

 west of Mixon and FM 3052

Farm to Market Road 3052

Farm to Market Road 3052 is a farm to market road in north-central Cherokee County, Texas.-Route description:FM 3052 begins at in Mixon, the only town on the route...

 in Mixon, and its termini at US 69 in Mount Selman and at TX 135 in Mixon.

History

A previous commissioning of FM 177 came in1945 by Minute Order for a 3 miles (4.8 km) stretch of road south of Lamesa

Lamesa, Texas

Lamesa is a city in and the county seat of Dawson County, Texas, United States. The population was 9,952 at the 2000 census. Located south of Lubbock on the Llano Estacado, Lamesa was founded in 1903. Most of the economy is based on cattle ranching and cotton farming. The Preston E...

 from SH 137

Texas State Highway 137

State Highway 137 or SH 137 is a Texas state highway that runs from Brownfield to near Ozona in west Texas. This route was designated by 1939 on a route from Brownfield south through Midland and Rankin, ending west of Sheffield. By 1942, everything south of Lamesa was either cancelled,...

 to Patricia

Patricia, Texas

Patricia is an unincorporated community in Dawson County, Texas, United States. It is located at the junction of State Highway 349 and State Highway 115 in southwestern Dawson County, approximately 13 miles southeast of Lamesa and 16 miles north of Tarzan. The nearest large city is Midland, 43...

. This previous use of FM 177 was cancelled in 1947 (became a portion of SH 349

Texas State Highway 349

State Highway 349 or SH 349 is a 194.43 mile state highway in the western part of Texas.-History:The original formation of the highway in 1943 included only the section from Rankin to Midland, replacing a former route of . In 1947 and FM 306 were redesignated to form the part of SH 349 from...

). The Minute Order for the current location of FM 177 came in 1951. It is unclear exactly when any part of FM 177 was built.

Major intersections

The route is in north-central Cherokee County, in the communities of Mount Selman and Mixon.

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