Ranch to Market Road 1837, Ranch Road 1837, or RM 1837 is a road maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)

Texas Department of Transportation

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 connecting the Girl Scouts of the USA's

Girl Scouts of the USA

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 Camp Mitre Peak to State highway 118 14.2 miles south of Fort Davis

Fort Davis, Texas

Fort Davis is a census-designated place in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,050 at the 2000 census and 1,041 according to a 2007 estimate. It is the county seat of Jeff Davis County...

. The road is part of the state's Farm and Ranch to Market Road System. RM 1837 is located entirely within Jeff Davis County

Jeff Davis County, Texas

Jeff Davis County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. It is named for Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. In 2000, its population was 2,207, and 2,258 by 2009...

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Kaufman County

In 1951, Farm to Market Road 1837 was originally designated as a 4.8 miles (7.7 km) road in Kaufman County

Kaufman County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 71,313 people, 24,367 households, and 19,225 families residing in the county. The population density was 91/sq mi . There were 26,133 housing units at an average density of 33/sq mi...

. The original route extended southeastward from U.S. Route 80 1 miles (1.6 km) east of Terrell

Terrell, Texas

Terrell is a city in Kaufman County, Texas, United States, and a southeastern suburb of Dallas. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 13,606...

. That designation was canceled in 1953 when the original road was added as an extension to FM 429.

Jeff Davis County

Two months after the Kaufman County designation ended, the route number was assigned to the present route in Jeff Davis County. The following year, the designation was again canceled, and the route was relinquished back to county administration. In 1955, the state again assumed control over the road's maintenance, and the road was again designated as FM 1837. The road was given its current ranch to market designation in 1959.

Route description

There are no cities or towns along RM 1837, and no intersections with any other public roads west of its terminus at SH 118. The road has narrow lanes and unpaved, grassy shoulders. The road relies on low-water crossings rather than bridges to cross streams leaving the roadway subject to flooding after heavy rainfall. The speed limit on RM 1832 is 70 mi/h daytime and 65 mi/h at night.

Much of the right-of-way is not fenced despite all of the ranch land along it being in private holdings. The road crosses over cattle guards between pastures, and loose livestock pose a hazard for motorists.

See also

• List of highways in Jeff Davis County
• List of Farm to Market Roads in Trans-Pecos Texas
• Farm 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...