Counties without stoplights

[ModernDayWarrior]

Reynolds and Iron counties in Missouri both have no stoplights.

[maxk]

San Juan County in Washington State also does not have any full-color traffic lights. However, I seem to recall that there is a blinking red light at the ferry loading dock in Friday Harbor, but this is simply to remind folks not to drive into the water when a ferry is not at the dock.

[TBKS1]

Newton County, Arkansas does not have any traffic lights IIRC. I don't think Montgomery county does either, but I need to check.

[bugo]

Arkansas:

Are there any in Newton County? I don't know of any in Jasper, the county seat and largest town in the county.
What about Montgomery County? There aren't any I know of in Mount Ida, the county seat or in the outskirts of Glenwood, which is partially in the county.

[US71]

Arkansas:

Are there any in Newton County? I don't know of any in Jasper, the county seat and largest town in the county.
What about Montgomery County? There aren't any I know of in Mount Ida, the county seat or in the outskirts of Glenwood, which is partially in the county.

None that I can recall

[froggie]

For Minnesota, these are the counties I'm aware of that don't have traffic signals:

- Big stone
- Grant
- Kittson
- Lake of the Woods
- Lincoln
- Mahnomen
- Marshall
- Murray
- Norman
- Red Lake
- Traverse
- Wilkin (amazingly, Breckenridge has no signals)

Of others previously mentioned, Fillmore (only 1), Dodge (also only 1), and Pipestone all have signals.  Le Sueur County only has "signals" if you consider that MN 13/MN 19 in New Prague straddles the Scott/Le Sueur County line...there are no signals fully within the county.  Here's the list of Minnesota counties with only one signal:

- Aitkin (US 169/MN 210 in Aitkin)
- Clearwater (US 2/MN 92 in Bagley)
- Cook (MN 61 in Grand Marais)
- Dodge (MN 57/Main St in Kasson)
- Fillmore (US 52/MN 30/MN 74 in Chatfield)
- Houston (US 14/US 61/MN 16 in La Crescent)
- Lac Qui Parle (US 75/US 212)
- Pipestone (US 75/MN 23/MN 30 in Pipestone)
- Pope (MN 28/MN 29/MN 104 in Glenwood)

All other Minnesota counties have at least two signals.

20 years ago, Cass County didn't have any...signals have since been added in Cass Lake, Walker, Pine River, and at the southern MN 200/371 junction (right next to an Indian casino).

Necro'ing this thread to update the Minnesota list, as Faribault County now has zero traffic signals.  There used to be two along US 169 in Blue Earth, but both were replaced by roundabouts within the past decade.

[KCRoadFan]

Well, now that someone's revived this thread, I'll chime in with Missouri.

I'm pretty sure there are no traffic lights in Clinton County (Plattsburg, the county seat, has no signals, and I believe the ones in Cameron are on the DeKalb side of town).

Schuyler County - which I've been through on US 63 - has no traffic lights (unless there's one along US 136 in downtown Lancaster, which I doubt).

What other Missouri counties have no traffic lights, or only one light?

[kphoger]

Necro'ing this thread to update the Minnesota list, as Faribault County now has zero traffic signals.  There used to be two along US 169 in Blue Earth, but both were replaced by roundabouts within the past decade.

I love how Google Maps thinks the railroad crossing in Winnebago is a stoplight.   

[US 89]

There are 5 counties in Utah with zero traffic lights: Daggett, Morgan, Piute, Rich, and Wayne.

Four of those are the four smallest counties in the state by population. The odd one out is Morgan, and it's still weird to me that there are no lights there though I have a pretty good guess as to why. All the counties smaller than Morgan that do have lights have relatively stable populations, but Morgan's population has exploded recently (population has almost doubled since 2000). Some of that growth is retirees who maybe couldn't afford to live in ever-more-expensive Park City or Heber, but a lot of it is just bedroom community for the Ogden/north Davis area. So that means while more people live there, there hasn't really been as much business growth up there since a lot of people still live most of their lives in the Wasatch Front. 

In addition to those 5, there are 6 counties with only one light: Beaver, Emery, Garfield, Juab, Millard, and San Juan. Three of those are where you'd expect them, at the most important intersections in the county (BL-15/SR 21 in Beaver, SR 28/SR 132 in Nephi, US 191/US 491 in Monticello), and another two are at random intersections in the county's largest city (SR 10/100 North in Huntington, US 6-50/200 West in Delta). Garfield's is a little weirder. You'd expect it to be where US 89 turns in Panguitch, but that's just a 4 way stop... it's actually on SR 63, at Center Street in Bryce Canyon City.

Kane and Sanpete also have only 2 each - so almost half of Utah counties have no more than 2 traffic lights. Wonder how that distribution compares with other states.

[roadman65]

Does San Juan County, WA have any?

[kphoger]

In Washington State:

San Juan County- seat is Friday Harbor (county has no state routes and consists entirely of islands.)

San Juan County in Washington State also does not have any full-color traffic lights. However, I seem to recall that there is a blinking red light at the ferry loading dock in Friday Harbor, but this is simply to remind folks not to drive into the water when a ferry is not at the dock.

Does San Juan County, WA have any?

[dbz77]

Mariposa County, California has no stoplights. (It includes Yosemite Valley)

[pderocco]

Alpine County, California doesn't have any either. It's only "town" is the unincorporated county seat Markleeville.

[ClassicHasClass]

What about Woodfords-Alpine Village? It's even signed from CA 88: https://maps.app.goo.gl/2CHkbmHdnXeDbsvV6

[pderocco]

What about Woodfords-Alpine Village? It's even signed from CA 88: https://maps.app.goo.gl/2CHkbmHdnXeDbsvV6

I suppose you could count that, but when you drive by, it feels more like a couple of small housing developments and a few scattered businesses. Markleeville has a definite town center feel to it, and a 30mph speed limit to match.

There's also Kirkwood, which is mostly in Alpine, but it looks like a resort built all at once. Oddly, the Wikipedia link in Google Earth says that's in Buckhorn, Amador County, but maps clearly show most of it in Alpine, and Google says the addresses on both sides of the line are all in Kirkwood. And the city boundaries layer in Google Earth shows something else. I expect everyone just calls it Kirkwood because that's what the Post Office calls it, and zip codes don't respect county lines.

[roadman65]

Are there any counties east of the Mississippi that don't have them?


That would be a harder find. Except for the UP in Michigan, I would think every county would have a couple even in rural New England or way Upstate New York.

[tmoore952]

Are there any counties east of the Mississippi that don't have them?


That would be a harder find. Except for the UP in Michigan, I would think every county would have a couple even in rural New England or way Upstate New York.

Another place to look would be in the rural parts of WV, away from the interstates. I don't know for sure, I'm just suggesting that as another possibility.

Unfortunately every place I have in mind in the eastern part of the state (Pendleton County in particular) has one town (Franklin in this case) that probably has a stoplight. Or Pocohontas County, but Snowshoe Ski Resort is there.

I do not know the state very well in the area southwest of Charleston (south of I-64 and west of I-77), so can't speak to that at all.

[Takumi]

Charles City County, VA still has no signals, but does have three sets of beacons: one at the 5-106-156 intersection, one at the 5-155 intersection, and one at the intersection of two secondary routes near the county landfill.

[US 89]

Are there any counties east of the Mississippi that don't have them?

That would be a harder find. Except for the UP in Michigan, I would think every county would have a couple even in rural New England or way Upstate New York.

There are a number in Georgia. Because it has so many counties, it follows that some in the rural parts of the state simply aren't big enough to include any towns that are big enough. I believe Baker, Quitman, Webster, and Taliaferro at least (and probably a handful more) don't have a light.

[hbelkins]

Are there any counties east of the Mississippi that don't have them?

Two in Kentucky in my vicinity, Menifee County and Elliott County.

Elliott County did have one around 50 years ago, at the intersection of KY 7 and KY 32 at Sandy Hook, but it was removed in favor of a stop sign where KY 7 northbound intersects KY 32.

[mgk920]

Are there any counties east of the Mississippi that don't have them?


That would be a harder find. Except for the UP in Michigan, I would think every county would have a couple even in rural New England or way Upstate New York.

There are a few here in Wisconsin, too.

Mike

[index]

Are there any counties east of the Mississippi that don't have them?


That would be a harder find. Except for the UP in Michigan, I would think every county would have a couple even in rural New England or way Upstate New York.

I mentioned it earlier in the thread a while back, but I believe Hyde is the only county in NC with no traffic lights. There's at least one flasher setup though if I'm not mistaken.

[TBKS1]

I believe Newton, Pike, and Montgomery counties in Arkansas do not have any traffic signals.

[jgb191]

Never seen one in Kennedy County in Texas, but the last time I drove through there was a few years ago.

[DandyDan]

Not sure how to describe the situation for Worth County, Iowa. There are two installations of stoplights, one in downtown Northwood (the intersection where SB US 65 turns east for two blocks) and one at the intersection immediately west of the 105 exit for I-35, next to Diamond Jo Casino. However, both have flashing red lights and have 4 way stops installed.