Minnesota State Highway 261

State Highway 261 (MN 261) was a 16.004-mile-long (25.756 km) highway in McLeod County, Minnesota. It ran from Winsted to U.S. Highway 212 east of Glencoe. It was turned back to McLeod County maintenance in 1996,[2] becoming County State-aid Highway 1.

Trunk Highway 261
MN 261 highlighted in red
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(192)
Length	16.004 mi (25.756 km)
Existed	July 1, 1949[1]–1996[2]
Major junctions
South end	US 212 at Helen Township
North end	CSAH 6 at Winsted
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate U.S. State Legislative routes ← MN 258 → MN 262

Highway 261 was known as 6th Street in Winsted, and Babcock Avenue, 180th Street, and Dairy Avenue elsewhere in the county.

Route description

Highway 261 served as a north–south route between the communities of Winsted, Winsted Township, Bergen Township, Lester Prairie, and Helen Township. The highway's southern terminus was at U.S. 212 just outside the city of Glencoe.

The entire route was located in McLeod County.

History

Highway 261 was authorized on July 1, 1949.[1] It was paved between Winsted and Lester Prairie in 1950[3][4] and between Lester Prairie and Highway 212 in 1953.[5][6]

It was decommissioned in 1996,[2] becoming County State-aid Highway 1.[7]

Major intersections

The entire highway was in McLeod County.

Location	mi[8]	km	Destinations	Notes
Helen Township	0.000	0.000	US 212
Winsted Township	11.499	18.506	MN 7
Winsted	16.004	25.756	CSAH 6 (Linden Avenue West)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. "Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949, Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration, pp. 1177–1185
2. "1996 Chapter 456-H.F. No. 2152, Section 24". Office of the Revisor of Statutes of the State of Minnesota. April 11, 1996. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
3. Minnesota 1950 Official Highway Map (Map). Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1950. § K18. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
4. 1951 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1951. § H16. Archived from the original on August 25, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
5. 1953 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1953. § H16. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
6. 1954 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1954. § H16. Archived from the original on August 25, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
7. General Highway Map of McLeod County (PDF) (Map). Minnesota Department of Transportation. 2010. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
8. "Logpoint Listings–McLeod County" (XLS). St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 10, 2019.

External links

• Highway 261 at the Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page