Farm to Market Road 1956

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State Highway in Texas

Farm to Market Road 1956

Certified mileage:	13 mi (n) (21 km)
Cities/towns:
(over 10,000 pop.)
Direction:	East-West

Junction

Location

Montague County

FM 103

Nocona

FM 677

Capps Corner

Legend


	county name		unconstructed
	begin/end concurrency, bold route is carried through		intersecting routes are concurrent
	deleted route		closed
	a bold route on white background indicates termini.

FM 1955

FM 1957

Texas State Highways
Current - Deleted

Farm to Market Road 1956, FM 1956, or Hoosier Highway is a two-lane, state-maintained highway that connects the farming areas of northeastern Montague County including Capps Corner, Illinois Bend, and Corinth to Nocona, Texas. FM 1956 also intersects with Farm to Market Road 1815 leading to Bonita, Texas, FM 3301 leading to Lake Nocona, and other various county secondary roads.

Distance: 13 miles (21 kilometers)
Counties: Montague

[edit] History

An unpaved road along the same right-of-way was used since white settlers began traveling west to Nocona in the late 19th Century. Nocona became the economic hub of northern Montague County by the turn of the 20th Century, and improved roads were needed to move goods (particularly cotton) to the railroad from the numerous farms in Northeastern Montague County. In 1956 (thus the name), the highway was paved and generally followed the right-of-way of the previous surface.