AARoads Forum

Even though it seems like I see at least one new stoplight every year, there are some counties that still don't have any stoplights.

Lake County in Michigan has two flashing lights (both intersections of M-37 and US-10). However, there are no full stoplights in the county. Benzie County only has one (the north intersection of US-31 and M-115 in Benzonia) and so does Oceana County (State St and Washington St in Hart).

I suspect a good portion of the counties in central Nebraska's Sand Hills region do not have any.  There's probably large chunks of other states in the Great Plains region as well without any.

Union County, NM has seven.  one is in downtown Clayton, the county seat.  the other six belong to a friend of mine.

Jackson County, home to Walden, is the only county in Colorado without a traffic signal.

I've heard that Hamilton county, NY has no permanent stop light.

 I think Jefferson County, FL has none.  At least on US 19, from Perry to Thomasville, GA there are only flashers even in Downtown Monticello!  I have not been on US 90, though, but chances are if US 90 has none either than the rest of Jefferson does not. 

Loving County, Texas.

Lafayette County, WI
Menominee County, WI

Putnam Co IL, Stark Co IL, Adams Co WI, Calumet Co WI and Cherry Co NE to the best of my knowledge do not have a single stoplight. About 15 years ago or so, Marquette Co WI and Green Lake Co WI were also on that list.

That leper colony in Hawaii.

Louisiana has 2 that I know for sure.

Grant Parish
Cameron Parish

Quote from: hobsini2 on December 31, 2012, 04:04:29 PM
Putnam Co IL, Stark Co IL, Adams Co WI, Calumet Co WI and Cherry Co NE to the best of my knowledge do not have a single stoplight. About 15 years ago or so, Marquette Co WI and Green Lake Co WI were also on that list.

There has been a traffic light in Chilton in Calumet Co for a long time, plus the NW corner of the county is in Appleton so there are some traffic lights in there or on a county line.

Surry County, VA. even though a flashing light signal exists within the county seat, Surry

You can add Forest County, Florence County, Iron County, and Bayfield County to the list for Wisconsin as well.

The only Minnesota counties I can think of at the moment are Fillmore and Dodge Counties.

Clearwater County, Idaho

I'm pretty sure that Glasscock Co., GA doesn't have a traffic light.  The same could possibly be true for GA's smallest county in population, Taliaferro, which could also be the smallest county in population with a major interstate running through it (I-20).

In TN, I don't think Van Buren Co. has a traffic light.  It's biggest intersection of TN 111 and TN 30 is grade separated with a connecting ramp and stop signs.  The smallest county in TN in population, Pickett, may have one really old traffic light in its county seat of Byrdstown, but not 100% sure if it is still working.

Quote from: NE2 on December 31, 2012, 04:20:09 PM
That leper colony in Hawaii.

Kalawao County.

In Alaska, I'm pretty sure Northwest Arctic (Kotzebue) and Yakutat boroughs are stop-light free.  Probably many of the other boroughs as well (Aleutians East, Lake and Peninsula, North Slope at least, I think also Haines and Skagway if you don't count the stoplights at U.S. customs stations), though I haven't gotten around those others enough to be sure.  Ditto some of the more lightly-populated census areas, like Wade Hampton and Prince of Wales-Hyder. 

Nevada counties without traffic signals (to the best of my knowledge): Esmeralda, Eureka, Lander, Lincoln, Storey.

That's only 5 of out 17. I expected more counties without signals in Nevada due to the rural nature of the state. There are several counties that only have one or a handful of signals though.

There are no traffic signals in Owsley, Menifee and Elliott counties in Kentucky. Years ago, when I was a kid, there was a traffic light in Sandy Hook, Ky. (Elliott County) but it was removed sometime in the 1970s and has never been replaced.

In Texas: Terrell, Jeff Davis, Motley, Borden (in addition to Loving, already mentioned).

Quote from: 74/171FAN on December 31, 2012, 04:37:01 PM
Surry County, VA. even though a flashing light signal exists within the county seat, Surry

I was just there. It's a stoplight now.

Clark County, Missouri

Piute County in Utah doesn't have any stoplights, while the closest that neighboring Garfield County comes is a flashing red light setup (no yellow, no green) in Panguitch at the US-89/UT-143 junction.

I can't believe this, but after some quick Street-Viewing, it appears that Millard County--which I swore had at least one in Fillmore and/or Delta--has none.

AFAIK, these Virginia Counties still do not have a stoplight:
Highland Co, VA
Charles City Co, VA
Mathews Co, VA
Fluvanna Co, VA
Craig Co, VA
Bath Co, VA
Cumberland Co, VA

Some Virginia Counties have just one:
Floyd Co
King and Queen Co
Nelson Co


Mapmikey

Quote from: Mapmikey on December 31, 2012, 07:13:17 PM
AFAIK, these Virginia Counties still do not have a stoplight:
Highland Co, VA
Charles City Co, VA
Mathews Co, VA
Fluvanna Co, VA
Craig Co, VA
Bath Co, VA
Cumberland Co, VA

Some Virginia Counties have just one:
Floyd Co
King and Queen Co
Nelson Co


Mapmikey

One of my friends from college told me that Fluvanna County has  one  (http://www.caar.com/rew/article/152) now for a CVS. 

Last time I was there, Keweenaw County, MI.  The northernmost permanent signal (other than used for bridge repairs) is in Calumet/Laurium in Houghton County.

Trinity County in California.  I drove through there a few years ago, and I saw a temporary construction signal, but that doesn't count.  I can't find it on streetview.  (It was the Southern junction with CA-299 and CA-3).

They do have their own bus service, though. 

I don't know if any in MS, but I'm willing to bet one or two don't have them. It wouldn't shock me if Sharkey and Issaquena counties are among them.

Charles City County still only has a flashing beacon at VA 5/106/156.

I don't remember any in Boise City, which would mean that Cimarron County, OK would have none.

Crawford and Ohio counties in Indiana are the only ones I can think of. Benton, Warren and Switzerland counties have one stoplight each.

Quote from: wxfree on December 31, 2012, 06:04:14 PM
In Texas: Terrell, Jeff Davis, Motley, Borden (in addition to Loving, already mentioned).

Also Kenedy County South of Corpus Christi has none.

Quote from: agentsteel53 on December 31, 2012, 03:41:28 PM
Union County, NM has seven.  one is in downtown Clayton, the county seat.  the other six belong to a friend of mine.

:-D

Quote from: Zmapper on December 31, 2012, 03:46:34 PM
Jackson County, home to Walden, is the only county in Colorado without a traffic signal.

Baca, Crowley, Kiowa, Cheyenne neither.

EDIT: Also, add Costilla, Conejos, Mineral, Hinsdale, Saguache and Dolores to that list.

And almost in my back yard, Custer.

Quote from: hobsini2 on December 31, 2012, 04:04:29 PM
Putnam Co IL, Stark Co IL, Adams Co WI, Calumet Co WI and Cherry Co NE to the best of my knowledge do not have a single stoplight. About 15 years ago or so, Marquette Co WI and Green Lake Co WI were also on that list.

Cherry Co NE has stoplights now, according to StreetView

I do believe Dukes County, MA (a.k.a. Martha's Vineyard) and Nantucket County, MA both fit into this category.

Both also fall into a smaller club: counties with no signed state highways.

Quote from: Duke87 on January 01, 2013, 02:53:05 PM
I do believe Dukes County, MA (a.k.a. Martha's Vineyard) and Nantucket County, MA both fit into this category.

Both also fall into a smaller club: counties with no signed state highways.

Alaska has eight boroughs (Northwest Arctic, Aleutians East, Lake and Peninsula, Bristol Bay, Kodiak Island, Sitka, Yakutat, Wrangell) and seven census areas (Aleutians West, Nome, Bethel, Wade Hampton, Dillingham, Hoonah-Angoon, Prince of Wales-Hyder) with no signed, numbered state highways.  Most or all of them have state-maintained roads, since the state maintains most significant roads and many insignificant ones in Alaska; but the network with signed route numbers is pretty small.  Some of these county equivalents without numbered state highways have at least one stoplight.   

Hawaii's Kalawao County has neither stoplights nor numbered routes. 

Quote from: golden eagle on December 31, 2012, 09:13:41 PM
I don't know if any in MS, but I'm willing to bet one or two don't have them. It wouldn't shock me if Sharkey and Issaquena counties are among them.

Leaning towards Wilkinson County

Quote from: oscar on January 01, 2013, 03:29:09 PM
Alaska has eight boroughs (Northwest Arctic, Aleutians East, Lake and Peninsula, Bristol Bay, Kodiak Island, Sitka, Yakutat, Wrangell) and seven census areas (Aleutians West, Nome, Bethel, Wade Hampton, Dillingham, Hoonah-Angoon, Prince of Wales-Hyder) with no signed, numbered state highways.  Most or all of them have state-maintained roads, since the state maintains most significant roads and many insignificant ones in Alaska; but the network with signed route numbers is pretty small.

At least some of those Alaska boroughs are not (directly) connected to the North American highway network, correct?

Quote from: cpzilliacus on January 01, 2013, 07:47:32 PM

Quote from: oscar on January 01, 2013, 03:29:09 PM
Alaska has eight boroughs (Northwest Arctic, Aleutians East, Lake and Peninsula, Bristol Bay, Kodiak Island, Sitka, Yakutat, Wrangell) and seven census areas (Aleutians West, Nome, Bethel, Wade Hampton, Dillingham, Hoonah-Angoon, Prince of Wales-Hyder) with no signed, numbered state highways.  Most or all of them have state-maintained roads, since the state maintains most significant roads and many insignificant ones in Alaska; but the network with signed route numbers is pretty small.

At least some of those Alaska boroughs are not (directly) connected to the North American highway network, correct?

Aside from the ones connected only by auto ferry, Prince of Wales-Hyder has a local road connection in Hyder to BC 37A at the Canadian border.

It's been a while, but I thought there was a stop ight in Eagle River (Keweenaw County), MI.

Quote from: JCinSummerfield on January 02, 2013, 01:51:55 PM
It's been a while, but I thought there was a stop ight in Eagle River (Keweenaw County), MI.

Nope.  There are no permanent signals in Keweenaw County,  There are sometimes temporary ones for bridge repairs and the like, and there is a flashing red at US-41 and M-26 in Copper Harbor.

Last time I was there, Alpine County, CA did not have any signals.

I've never seen any definitive list for Indiana, but the best I can figure, Crawford, Fountain, and Ohio counties are all without stop lights.

I grew up in a county with no stoplight except an overhead flashing yellow:  Rawlins County, Kansas.  In fact, our house was 28 miles from the nearest stoplight (a distance I once drove in 15 or 16 minutes at night in the fog).

Quote from: cabiness42 on January 02, 2013, 04:47:12 PM
I've never seen any definitive list for Indiana, but the best I can figure, Crawford, Fountain, and Ohio counties are all without stop lights.

Attica in Fountain County has at least two stoplights. I would agree on Crawford and Ohio Counties.

I wouldn't think that Warren County has any.

Living in New Jersey, I do not think there was any county in the 20th Century that had none.  I do not think any county in the Mid Atlantic Region near the big cities had not one place that had at least a few except for Pike County, PA where the Borough of Milford had its one and only stoplight up until the 90's when Wal Mart and Home Depot opened stores in Matomoras.  For the longest time as a child, I remember that US 6 had only one signal between Indian Orchard, PA and Port Jervis, NY.

In addition, the original US 6 & US 209 signal in Milford was side mounted and the signal heads were green, as Pennsylvania always used yellow.  I always wondered about that, as a kid, I always used to think the colors of the signals were statewide used in every state except NY that always used yellow in NYC on the double guy arms and the green span wires elsewhere.  Also, side mounted in PA was only used in Southeast Philadelphia back at that particular time as overhead assemblies ruled there.

In Oregon, I'm pretty sure Gilliam, Lake, Sherman, Wallowa, and Wheeler Counties have no stoplights. There's probably a few more, but I don't feel like checking right now :P

Quote from: mukade on January 02, 2013, 06:16:08 PM

Quote from: cabiness42 on January 02, 2013, 04:47:12 PM
I've never seen any definitive list for Indiana, but the best I can figure, Crawford, Fountain, and Ohio counties are all without stop lights.

Attica in Fountain County has at least two stoplights. I would agree on Crawford and Ohio Counties.

I wouldn't think that Warren County has any.

Forgot about Attica for Fountain County.  In Warren County, US41/IN55 intersection has a stop light. 

According to this, Pike County is the only county in Arkansas with no stop lights:

http://www.arkansasstateparksblog.com/975/

I'm not for certain, but I wouldn't be surprised if Alcona, Baraga, Luce, Montmorency, Ontonagon, and Oscoda counties in Michigan don't have lights in addition to Keweenaw and Lake counties.

Calhoun Co, WV has none. Neighboring Gilmer has just one.

Quote from: mcdonaat on January 01, 2013, 07:37:26 PM

Quote from: golden eagle on December 31, 2012, 09:13:41 PM
I don't know if any in MS, but I'm willing to bet one or two don't have them. It wouldn't shock me if Sharkey and Issaquena counties are among them.

Leaning towards Wilkinson County

Issaquena does not have a single traffic light, Sharkey probably doesn't (US 61 @ Rolling Fork?), Wilkinson does have at least one traffic light (US 61/MS 24 - Woodville)

Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on January 04, 2013, 11:19:37 PM

Quote from: mcdonaat on January 01, 2013, 07:37:26 PM

Quote from: golden eagle on December 31, 2012, 09:13:41 PM
I don't know if any in MS, but I'm willing to bet one or two don't have them. It wouldn't shock me if Sharkey and Issaquena counties are among them.

Leaning towards Wilkinson County

Issaquena does not have a single traffic light, Sharkey probably doesn't (US 61 @ Rolling Fork?), Wilkinson does have at least one traffic light (US 61/MS 24 - Woodville)

Is there a traffic light now? Last time I drove through there, which has been a few years, it was still a 4 way stop with blinking red lights. GSV still shows that set-up too.

Quote from: twinsfan87 on December 31, 2012, 04:40:18 PM
You can add Forest County, Florence County, Iron County, and Bayfield County to the list for Wisconsin as well.

The only Minnesota counties I can think of at the moment are Fillmore and Dodge Counties.

Fillmore has a few in Chatfield and Lanesboro, Dodge has at least three in Kasson... Rice and Le Seueur have far less than they should.

Essex County, VT does not appear to have any, except a flasher in Canaan. Ditto for Pisqataquis County, ME. So that brings us to four New England counties. Any more?

Quote from: ftballfan on January 03, 2013, 10:12:28 PM
I'm not for certain, but I wouldn't be surprised if Alcona, Baraga, Luce, Montmorency, Ontonagon, and Oscoda counties in Michigan don't have lights in addition to Keweenaw and Lake counties.

Alcona County has at least one, where M-72 and US-23 meet in Harrisville: http://goo.gl/maps/gf2u2
Mio, in Oscoda county, has one at M-72 and M-33: http://goo.gl/maps/UDGgh

The others are correct.

Quote from: kphoger on January 02, 2013, 05:58:32 PM
I grew up in a county with no stoplight except an overhead flashing yellow:  Rawlins County, Kansas.  In fact, our house was 28 miles from the nearest stoplight (a distance I once drove in 15 or 16 minutes at night in the fog).

Woodson County, Kansas, is the same way. No light except for a 4-way flashing red at U.S. 54 & 75 in Yates Center.

No stoplights in Logan, Linn, Chatauqua and Stafford Counties. Doubt there are any in Wallace County, though I've never been through there. I don't remember if there's one at K-25 & 96 in Tribune. If not, then Greely County doesn't have any, either. Pretty sure there isn't one in Elk County.

Kearney, Hamilton, Greenwood and Kiowa are counties I know have only one each. There might only be one in Wilson County (I can't remember if Fredonia has one or not; if not, the only one is in Neodesha.)

Quote from: Road Hog on January 03, 2013, 08:59:24 AM
According to this, Pike County is the only county in Arkansas with no stop lights:

http://www.arkansasstateparksblog.com/975/

Madison County has flashers where US 412 crosses AR 45 near Hindsville (I'm betting on a signal someday), but to my recollection there are no other flashers or traffic signals in Madison County.

Quote from: Duke87 on January 05, 2013, 04:38:59 PM
Essex County, VT does not appear to have any, except a flasher in Canaan. Ditto for Pisqataquis County, ME. So that brings us to four New England counties. Any more?

Well, lets see:

NH: Belknap - yep, Carroll - yep, Cheshire - yep, Coos - yep (this one I expected to be maybe the only one in NH without, but there's at least one traffic signal in Gorham), Grafton - yep (the only other county in NH I thought had a chance, but nope, has at least one in Littleton), Hillsborough - yep, Merrimack - yep, Rockingham - yep, Stafford - yep, Sullivan - yep (Claremont)

VT: Addison - no (I couldn't find one anyway), Bennington - yep, Caledonia - yep (US 5 at NE VT Regional Hospital entrance in St. Johnsbury), Chittenden - yep, Essex - no (I believe somebody already posted this one), Franklin - yep, Grande Isle - no, Lamoille - yep (VT 15/100, Morrisville), Orange - no (at least not that I could find), Orleans - yep (US 5, Derby), Rutland - yep, Washington - yep, Windham - yep, Windsor - yep (VT11/106, Springfield)

ME: Androscoggin - yep, Aroostook - yep, Cumberland - yep, Franklin - yep (Farmington), Hancock - yep, Kennebec - yep, Knox - yep, Lincoln - yep (Damariscotta), Oxford - yep (Rumford), Penobscot - yep, Piscataquis - no (couldn't find a signal, although I did find Interstate 6 (http://goo.gl/maps/G3xay) still kickin'), Sagadahoc - yep, Somerset - yep (Skowhegan), Waldo - yep (Belfast), Washington - yep (Calais), York - yep.

In Mass, Nantucket and Dukes have no signals, but I'm going to assume all other counties do, same with Rhode Island and Connecticut.
Which gives us 7 signal-less New England counties.

Quote from: deathtopumpkins on January 06, 2013, 10:45:51 AM
VT: Addison - no (I couldn't find one anyway)

There's a couple (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=addison+county,+vt&hl=en&ll=44.013775,-73.165727&spn=0.004028,0.007703&sll=43.931281,-72.654476&sspn=0.032266,0.061626&hnear=Addison,+Vermont&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=44.013658,-73.165509&panoid=bgkSmLfuzHdyKAggCjhxJw&cbp=12,355.25,,0,-1.5) in Middlebury (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=addison+county,+vt&hl=en&ll=44.017998,-73.1666&spn=0.000503,0.000963&sll=43.931281,-72.654476&sspn=0.032266,0.061626&hnear=Addison,+Vermont&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=44.017998,-73.1666&panoid=sCjK4LMbbeRGQ6i2YimXIg&cbp=12,6.67,,0,0). So we're down to six New England Counties, then.

Quote from: Duke87 on January 06, 2013, 11:21:27 AM

Quote from: deathtopumpkins on January 06, 2013, 10:45:51 AM
VT: Addison - no (I couldn't find one anyway)

There's a couple (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=addison+county,+vt&hl=en&ll=44.013775,-73.165727&spn=0.004028,0.007703&sll=43.931281,-72.654476&sspn=0.032266,0.061626&hnear=Addison,+Vermont&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=44.013658,-73.165509&panoid=bgkSmLfuzHdyKAggCjhxJw&cbp=12,355.25,,0,-1.5) in Middlebury (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=addison+county,+vt&hl=en&ll=44.017998,-73.1666&spn=0.000503,0.000963&sll=43.931281,-72.654476&sspn=0.032266,0.061626&hnear=Addison,+Vermont&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=44.017998,-73.1666&panoid=sCjK4LMbbeRGQ6i2YimXIg&cbp=12,6.67,,0,0). So we're down to six New England Counties, then.

Ah, so there are! They aren't entirely obvious just looking around, which is why I missed them.

 Harding  County,NM   with  only  700 people,  would  qualify   for  a  county  with  no  stop  lights.  You  have  heard  of  ghost  towns ?  Harding  County  is  qucikly  becoming a ghost  county.

Not sure if it's been mentioned yet, but I believe that not only does every SC county have at least one traffic light, but also one US highway as well.

Forest County, PA not only has no traffic lights, it brags about it:

http://www.forestcounty.com/index.php?page=recreation-opportunities

Quote from: Road Hog on January 07, 2013, 01:11:01 PM
Forest County, PA not only has no traffic lights, it brags about it:

http://www.forestcounty.com/index.php?page=recreation-opportunities

That reminds me of this roadside mural in Cameron Parish, Louisiana:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FfYWzp.jpg&hash=757915ec23c6245e29cc68c91dd261892edd95f2) (http://imgur.com/fYWzp)

It's talking about the town of Cameron, but it applies to the whole parish

Quote from: apeman33 on January 06, 2013, 04:32:23 AM

Quote from: kphoger on January 02, 2013, 05:58:32 PM
I grew up in a county with no stoplight except an overhead flashing yellow:  Rawlins County, Kansas.  In fact, our house was 28 miles from the nearest stoplight (a distance I once drove in 15 or 16 minutes at night in the fog).

Woodson County, Kansas, is the same way. No light except for a 4-way flashing red at U.S. 54 & 75 in Yates Center.

No stoplights in Logan, Linn, Chatauqua and Stafford Counties. Doubt there are any in Wallace County, though I've never been through there. I don't remember if there's one at K-25 & 96 in Tribune. If not, then Greely County doesn't have any, either. Pretty sure there isn't one in Elk County.

Kearney, Hamilton, Greenwood and Kiowa are counties I know have only one each. There might only be one in Wilson County (I can't remember if Fredonia has one or not; if not, the only one is in Neodesha.)

Not to contradict you, but, Kearney County doesn't either... Lakin is the only real town, and it is light-free. You're right about Wilson Co., as Fredonia only has 4-way flashing reds at each corner of the town square. When I was a kid, there used to be full lights at each corner, but I recall them only really flashing red. Only logical - if painful to me - to replace them with basic flashing lights.

Other counties I can think of right now: Chase County, Marion County, Jewell County, Clark County, Commanche County, Haskell County, Wichita COUNTY, Lane County, Ness County, Gove County, Trego County, Sheridan County, Cheyenne County, Doniphan County, Nemaha County, Jefferson County, and Smith County.

ICTRds

Quote from: oscar on December 31, 2012, 04:54:31 PM

Quote from: NE2 on December 31, 2012, 04:20:09 PM
That leper colony in Hawaii.

Kalawao County.

In fact, I believe there are no stoplights on the whole of Molokai, but unfortunately it's not a county unto itself. Are there any signals on Kauai?

Quote from: empirestate on January 10, 2013, 02:05:07 PM

Quote from: oscar on December 31, 2012, 04:54:31 PM

Quote from: NE2 on December 31, 2012, 04:20:09 PM
That leper colony in Hawaii.

Kalawao County.

In fact, I believe there are no stoplights on the whole of Molokai, but unfortunately it's not a county unto itself. Are there any signals on Kauai?

Yes, several in and around Lihue.

Quote from: sandiaman on January 06, 2013, 12:12:51 PM
Harding  County,NM   with  only  700 people,  would  qualify   for  a  county  with  no  stop  lights.  You  have  heard  of  ghost  towns ?  Harding  County  is  qucikly  becoming a ghost  county.

Harding was a growing county until the dust bowl. I would have thought it was formed in the mid-1920s, after Harding's death, but it turns out it was established on the day he was inaugurated in 1921.

Based on lack of any significant-sized towns, Catron County would likely also have no stop lights. All the other New Mexico counties seem to cover enough area that they have at least one sizeable town.

Quote from: Big John on December 31, 2012, 04:01:14 PM
Lafayette County, WI
Menominee County, WI

Also Florence County, WI.

Mike

Quote from: hobsini2 on December 31, 2012, 04:04:29 PM
Putnam Co IL, Stark Co IL, Adams Co WI, Calumet Co WI and Cherry Co NE to the best of my knowledge do not have a single stoplight. About 15 years ago or so, Marquette Co WI and Green Lake Co WI were also on that list.

Calumet County, WI has several in the Cities of Appleton and Menasha, plus at least one in Chilton (US 151/WI 32/57), its county seat, as well as a few elsewhere in the county. This includes the first intersection in the entire State of Wisconsin to get the 'flashing yellow arrow' signal aspect - Midway Rd and Telulah Ave in the City of Appleton, Calumet County.

Mike

Quote from: Molandfreak on January 05, 2013, 03:42:48 PM

Quote from: twinsfan87 on December 31, 2012, 04:40:18 PM
You can add Forest County, Florence County, Iron County, and Bayfield County to the list for Wisconsin as well.

The only Minnesota counties I can think of at the moment are Fillmore and Dodge Counties.

Fillmore has a few in Chatfield and Lanesboro, Dodge has at least three in Kasson... Rice and Le Seueur have far less than they should.

Can't say for sure but I wouldn't be surprised if Lake of the Woods County has none, or one of those extremely rural NW Minnesota counties.

Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on January 11, 2013, 01:18:57 AM

Quote from: Molandfreak on January 05, 2013, 03:42:48 PM

Quote from: twinsfan87 on December 31, 2012, 04:40:18 PM
You can add Forest County, Florence County, Iron County, and Bayfield County to the list for Wisconsin as well.

The only Minnesota counties I can think of at the moment are Fillmore and Dodge Counties.

Fillmore has a few in Chatfield and Lanesboro, Dodge has at least three in Kasson... Rice and Le Seueur have far less than they should.

Can't say for sure but I wouldn't be surprised if Lake of the Woods County has none, or one of those extremely rural NW Minnesota counties.

As for SW Minnesota, it's been a long time, but I don't recall if Pipestone or Murray Counties had any, and I wouldn't bet on Lincoln County having one.

Quote from: roadman65 on December 31, 2012, 03:52:19 PM
I think Jefferson County, FL has none.  At least on US 19, from Perry to Thomasville, GA there are only flashers even in Downtown Monticello!  I have not been on US 90, though, but chances are if US 90 has none either than the rest of Jefferson does not. 

I haven't completely explored Jefferson County, but off the top of my head, both Liberty and Glades Counties each have a single stoplight.

Heh...DTP must've been looking at Streetview for Vermont.  Caledonia, Orleans, and Windsor Counties each have several signals besides the ones mentioned.

Also, you can drop that New England count further....US 5/VT 25 in Bradford (Orange County) has a signal.

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).

Quote from: froggie on January 11, 2013, 12:29:37 PM
Heh...DTP must've been looking at Streetview for Vermont.  Caledonia, Orleans, and Windsor Counties each have several signals besides the ones mentioned.

Guilty as charged! I've only been to Windham and Windsor counties. Though for the ones I listed a location with a signal, I just listed the first one I found.

Quote from: The High Plains Traveler on January 01, 2013, 02:30:17 PM

Quote from: Zmapper on December 31, 2012, 03:46:34 PM
Jackson County, home to Walden, is the only county in Colorado without a traffic signal.

Baca, Crowley, Kiowa, Cheyenne neither.

EDIT: Also, add Costilla, Conejos, Mineral, Hinsdale, Saguache and Dolores to that list.

And almost in my back yard, Custer.

San Juan (Silverton), Ouray, & San Miguel (Telluride) also have none.
Clear Creek wouldn't have any except for the two that are on the I-70 ramps for Central City Parkway.

One  more  county to add: De Baca  County, NM.  I  was there  yesterday  and  the  only  intersection  in  the  county with  a  need  for  one  is  the  intersection  of  US 60 & US  84  in  downtown  Fort  Sumner .  And, there  is  only  a  stop  sign.

I'm fairly certain that these Illinois counties have no traffic lights.  However, they all have at least one flashing 4-way.

Putnam
Stark
Hamilton
Gallatin
Pope
Hardin
Pulaski
Calhoun
Scott

I don't think anybody has mentioned Alpine County, CA.

My grandfather used to bitch all the time about the first traffic light in Cleburne County, AR. It was installed in 1979 on a relatively minor intersection on the courthouse square in Heber Springs. There were two other heavily-trafficked intersections that sufficed with a blinking stop light in all directions until a bypass around that town was built.

My grandfather griped that the mayor was hellbent on getting his town a traffic light, and I must confess he had a point.

Quote from: adt1982 on January 14, 2013, 09:15:51 PM
I'm fairly certain that these Illinois counties have no traffic lights.  However, they all have at least one flashing 4-way.

Putnam
Stark
Hamilton
Gallatin
Pope
Hardin
Pulaski
Calhoun
Scott

Hamilton County:  Downtown McLeansboro has at least two stoplights.
I believe Gallatin, Pope, Hardin, Pulaki, and Calhoun are correct.
I'm not familiar with Putnam, Stark, or Scott to say one way or the other.

Quote from: kphoger on January 15, 2013, 04:07:39 PM

Quote from: adt1982 on January 14, 2013, 09:15:51 PM
I'm fairly certain that these Illinois counties have no traffic lights.  However, they all have at least one flashing 4-way.

Putnam
Stark
Hamilton
Gallatin
Pope
Hardin
Pulaski
Calhoun
Scott

Hamilton County:  Downtown McLeansboro has at least two stoplights.
I believe Gallatin, Pope, Hardin, Pulaki, and Calhoun are correct.
I'm not familiar with Putnam, Stark, or Scott to say one way or the other.

Putnam has a freeway, but no signals.  Stark also has no signals other than four-way stop beacons.  Scott doesn't have any signals.

Owsley County, Ky., can be scratched off this list. A traffic light is going to be installed there on KY 28 near Owsley County Elementary School and the KY 3347 intersection which leads to Owsley County High School.

The school board and local politicians have requested a signal there for several years, after a new school entrance was built, but numerous traffic studies showed that warrants were never met for a signal. Nevertheless, state legislators got involved and somehow ordered the signal to be installed. Don't know if a law was passed to require the installation, or if the legislators somehow convinced KYTC higher-ups to install it, but it's going up in the next few weeks.

Quote from: ftballfan on January 03, 2013, 10:12:28 PM
I'm not for certain, but I wouldn't be surprised if Alcona, Baraga, Luce, Montmorency, Ontonagon, and Oscoda counties in Michigan don't have lights in addition to Keweenaw and Lake counties.

You're right about Baraga, Luce, Montmorency, and Ontonagon. Add Schoolcraft and Mackinac (seriously!) to the list. Alger got its first in 2009.

Alcona County has a signal at US 23 & M-72 in Harrisville, and Oscoda County has one at M-33 & M-72 in Mio.

Quote from: deathtopumpkins on January 06, 2013, 10:45:51 AM
ME: Androscoggin - yep, Aroostook - yep, Cumberland - yep, Franklin - yep (Farmington), Hancock - yep, Kennebec - yep, Knox - yep, Lincoln - yep (Damariscotta), Oxford - yep (Rumford), Penobscot - yep, Piscataquis - no (couldn't find a signal, although I did find Interstate 6 (http://goo.gl/maps/G3xay) still kickin'), Sagadahoc - yep, Somerset - yep (Skowhegan), Waldo - yep (Belfast), Washington - yep (Calais), York - yep.

Piscataquis County has at least two signals in Dover-Foxcroft - one marking the northern terminus of SR 7 (http://www.gribblenation.net/meends/7.html), and another one a block west at the junction of way too many highways. So every county in Maine has a traffic light.

Quote from: Road Hog on January 03, 2013, 08:59:24 AM
According to this, Pike County is the only county in Arkansas with no stop lights:

http://www.arkansasstateparksblog.com/975/

Are there any stop lights in Montgomery County?  I cannot think of any.

In Louisiana, I can't think of any existing traffic signals in Saint Helena Parish. I would wager that Tensas and East Carroll lack signals also. Otherwise, there are very few parishes in the state that are so desolate as for traffic signals to be completely absent. (This discounts flashing beacon type lights which do not regulate traffic flow in the manner that a red-yellow-green signal head would.)

For bonus points, the east bank of Plaquemines Parish is also signal-less.

Also, someone mentioned Cameron Parish as having no traffic signals, but I am pretty sure that the eastern LA 27/82 junction in Creole is signal controlled, unless that assembly has been removed since 2008.

I believe that MRC Haut-Saint-Laurent has no stoplights. Eeyou Istchee and Kativik are also good candidates...

For South Dakota, I think (unsubstantiated) that Jones, Jackson, Buffalo, Harding, Perkins, Campbell, Corson, Ziebach, and Dewey all don't. There's probably a lot more, I just can't think of them now.

Quote from: Dr Frankenstein on October 09, 2013, 10:39:23 PM
I believe that MRC Haut-Saint-Laurent has no stoplights. Eeyou Istchee and Kativik are also good candidates...

Baie-James too (if it hasn't already been folded into Eeyou Istchee, which was agreed to a few years ago but I don't know if that's been carried out).

Quote from: Mapmikey on December 31, 2012, 07:13:17 PM
AFAIK, these Virginia Counties still do not have a stoplight:
Highland Co, VA
Charles City Co, VA
Mathews Co, VA
Fluvanna Co, VA
Craig Co, VA
Bath Co, VA
Cumberland Co, VA

Some Virginia Counties have just one:
Floyd Co
King and Queen Co
Nelson Co


Mapmikey

An article in the online Times-Dispatch today confirms Bath County has no traffic lights. I won't link the article because the subject matter (appalling events involving an attack on a state senator) makes it feel like bad taste to link to it regarding traffic lights.

AFAIK, these counties in West Virginia are free of stop-and-go traffic signals:
- Monroe County
- Wyoming County
- Clay County
- Calhoun County
- Doddridge County (although one appears to be coming on US 50 at WV 18)
- Wirt County

There are a number of other counties with just a single signal.

Monona County Iowa might have only 2 red/yellow/green traffic light controlled intersections.  Highway 175 and K45 in Onawa and 141/175 in Mapleton.  Might be a few red/yellow flashers around, like maybe out by the casino, and the county road department has (or at least had at one time) a portable set of R/Y/G for one lane construction zones.

The K45/175 intersection actually has a fairly complex arrangement of signals as 175 for 2 blocks thru downtown Onawa has additional lanes and parking strips due to their near record breaking main street width.

If there are other signals in the county I am drawing a blank where they would be hiding.

Quote from: Dr Frankenstein on October 09, 2013, 10:39:23 PM
I believe that MRC Haut-Saint-Laurent has no stoplights. Eeyou Istchee and Kativik are also good candidates...

I didn't see any stoplights in Kuujjuaq, the "county seat" of the remote Kativik region.

Apparently no stoplights in all of Nunavut Territory, either, including its three administrative districts.  I saw none in the three "county seats" of Iqaluit, Rankin Inlet, and Cambridge Bay.  News articles about a failed proposal to put stoplights at Iqaluit's busiest intersection, to replace the four-way stop signs that are still there, said that would have been Nunavut's first stoplighted intersection. 

There are probably other stoplight-free Canadian county equivalents.  But not the one where Yellowknife NT is located, with a pain-in-the-ass string of stoplights every block on the main drag through downtown Yellowknife, and some others in the more suburban parts of the city. 

As far as I know, other than a beacon in Apalachicola, there are no traffic lights in Franklin County, FL.

Quote from: bugo on October 07, 2013, 09:20:37 PM

Quote from: Road Hog on January 03, 2013, 08:59:24 AM
According to this, Pike County is the only county in Arkansas with no stop lights:

http://www.arkansasstateparksblog.com/975/

Are there any stop lights in Montgomery County?  I cannot think of any.

Only thing in Madison County is flashers

Quote from: Urban Prairie Schooner on October 08, 2013, 01:26:22 PM
In Louisiana, I can't think of any existing traffic signals in Saint Helena Parish. I would wager that Tensas and East Carroll lack signals also. Otherwise, there are very few parishes in the state that are so desolate as for traffic signals to be completely absent. (This discounts flashing beacon type lights which do not regulate traffic flow in the manner that a red-yellow-green signal head would.)

For bonus points, the east bank of Plaquemines Parish is also signal-less.

Also, someone mentioned Cameron Parish as having no traffic signals, but I am pretty sure that the eastern LA 27/82 junction in Creole is signal controlled, unless that assembly has been removed since 2008.

I did some checking on Tensas and East Carroll parishes. I have been to both of those parishes but not in recent years. I thought I remembered St. Joseph having one, but streetview, although it's a 2008 view, shows a 4 way stop in the middle of town that looks like it replaced a traffic light. However, just down the road, Newellton has a traffic light (LA 4 at LA 605), unless it has been removed in the past few years.

Lake Providence also has at least 2 that I found for East Carroll Parish.

Based on memory and Street View, I believe these Iowa counties do not have lights:

• Adair (tried looking at Greenfield and Stuart through GSV)
• Adams (tried Corning)
• Butler (tried Allison, Parkersburg, Greene, Shell Rock, and Clarksville)
• Calhoun (tried Rockwell City)
• Clayton (tried Elkader, Monona, Guttenberg, and Strawberry Point)
• Decatur (tried Lamoni and Leon)
• Guthrie (tried Guthrie Center and Panora)
• Louisa (tried Columbus Junction and Wapello)
• Lucas (tried Chariton, which has just over 4,000 people, but US 34 bypasses it and has an interchange with IA 14)
• Osceola (tried Sibley)
• Ringgold (tried Mount Ayr)
• Van Buren (tried Keosauqua)
• Wayne (tried Corydon)

Not sure if this was mentioned - but Lafayette County is the only one I know of for Wisconsin that lacks traffic lights.

Quote from: SSOWorld on September 02, 2014, 06:49:00 PM
Not sure if this was mentioned - but Lafayette County is the only one I know of for Wisconsin that lacks traffic lights.

There are, to the best of my knowledge, no stop-and-go lights in Florence and Menominee Counties, too.

Mike

^
Pepin County was on that list less then ten years ago.

QuotePepin County was on that list less then ten years ago.

It's not now.  When WisDOT replaced and relocated the US 10 bridge over the Chippewa River in Durand, they added a signal at the new 10/25/85 junction.

Quote from: froggie on September 04, 2014, 03:25:09 PM

QuotePepin County was on that list less then ten years ago.

It's not now.  When WisDOT replaced and relocated the US 10 bridge over the Chippewa River in Durand, they added a signal at the new 10/25/85 junction.

Yup, they also put one in at Main St as part of that project as well.

Are there any stop-and-go lights in Bayfield Co now? WisDOT recently rebuilt US 2/WI 13 (middle intersection just west of Ashland) as a roundabout.

Mike

Adams County WI had been mentioned as to having no stop lights. Wrong I found two in Adams one at WI-13 and North St the other at WI-13 and Grove St. A 3rd one exist at WI-13 and Hwy D in the northern part of the county.

Esmeralda County, Nevada doesn't have any that I know of.

Quote from: wxfree on December 31, 2012, 06:04:14 PM
In Texas: Terrell, Jeff Davis, Motley, Borden (in addition to Loving, already mentioned).

Oldham County

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on September 04, 2016, 12:02:15 AM
Esmeralda County, Nevada doesn't have any that I know of.

Noted on page 1, along with the other four Nevada counties that are absent of signals.

Quote from: roadfro on September 04, 2016, 10:05:44 PM

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on September 04, 2016, 12:02:15 AM
Esmeralda County, Nevada doesn't have any that I know of.

Noted on page 1, along with the other four Nevada counties that are absent of signals.

Yeah I saw it minutes after I posted it.  I didn't occur to me that this thread had been around since circa 2012...dug up from the grave I suppose.  I was thinking about Utah though...Wayne County to be specific.  I don't recall any traffic lights there now that I think about it.  I want to say Daggett County didn't either but despite being there just months ago I don't recall FOR CERTAIN there wasn't anything around the Flaming Gorge Dam.

Quote from: Brandon on January 10, 2013, 02:36:47 PM

Quote from: empirestate on January 10, 2013, 02:05:07 PM

Quote from: oscar on December 31, 2012, 04:54:31 PM

Quote from: NE2 on December 31, 2012, 04:20:09 PM
That leper colony in Hawaii.

Kalawao County.

In fact, I believe there are no stoplights on the whole of Molokai, but unfortunately it's not a county unto itself. Are there any signals on Kauai?

Yes, several in and around Lihue.

I remember when the entire island of Kauai had just two traffic lights, both in Lihue on Rice Street. Now, Kuhio Highway (Hawaii 56) alone from Lihue to Kapaa probably has at least a dozen.

Madison County, AR is about to receive their first (in Huntsville).

Going to go ahead and necrobump this (it contributes to the thread so it should be fine)

I'm pretty sure Franklin County, FL has no stoplights, although it does have a set of flashing beacons in Apalachicola. Keweenaw County, MI, also appears to lack traffic lights, however there is a set of Beacons in Copper Harbor. I believe Hyde County in NC lacks them as well, and if that's the case, it may be the only county in North Carolina that lacks them. I've extensively street viewed my state and Hyde County was my first guess as to what counties in North Carolina might not have them.

Quote from: ftballfan on December 31, 2012, 03:31:59 PM
Even though it seems like I see at least one new stoplight every year, there are some counties that still don't have any stoplights.

Lake County in Michigan has two flashing lights (both intersections of M-37 and US-10). However, there are no full stoplights in the county. Benzie County only has one (the north intersection of US-31 and M-115 in Benzonia) and so does Oceana County (State St and Washington St in Hart).

Well I know Saginaw County (county I live in) is out of the picture for this question. Lake County is strange, believe it or not it's the poorest county in the entire state.

In Illinois, I believe that Putnam, Cumberland, Edwards, Pope, Greene, Henderson, Calhoun, Hardin, Gallatin, and Stark counties all do not have full traffic lights at any intersection of roads. There is a drawbridge over the Illinois River at the Calhoun/Greene county line where traffic is controlled by a traffic light, however.

Ford County has at least one traffic light along Illinois Route 9 in Gibson City, and Henderson County has at least one traffic light along U.S. Route 34.

Quote from: cabiness42 on January 03, 2013, 08:05:07 AM

Quote from: mukade on January 02, 2013, 06:16:08 PM

Quote from: cabiness42 on January 02, 2013, 04:47:12 PM
I've never seen any definitive list for Indiana, but the best I can figure, Crawford, Fountain, and Ohio counties are all without stop lights.

Attica in Fountain County has at least two stoplights. I would agree on Crawford and Ohio Counties.

I wouldn't think that Warren County has any.

Forgot about Attica for Fountain County.  In Warren County, US41/IN55 intersection has a stop light.

According to Google Maps Streetview, the US-41/IN-55 intersection in Warren County (northeast of Williamsport) lacks a traffic light as of November of 2016 (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3037692,-87.2642237,3a,75y,120.88h,72.05t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sPPhpS3PeN0JVzBzLrSgVTA!2e0!5s20161101T000000!7i13312!8i6656); there was one there in the past, although it had an unusual configuration, with the traffic light for southbound traffic on IN-55 being positioned on the other side of a non-movable bridge from the intersection proper (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.304416,-87.2620049,3a,75y,253.27h,86.68t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sTwEPqYz_BYhbNHDfl5dpzw!2e0!5s20090701T000000!7i3328!8i1664). As a result, Warren County no longer has any full traffic lights.

There are at least four stoplights in Fountain County that I'm aware of: in addition to the two in Attica, Covington and Veedersburg have one each.

To take a stab at extending this discussion to Canada:

All three administrative divisions of Nunavut Territory probably still have no stoplights. I visited the principal cities of all three in 2014, and saw no stoplights there. There had been some discussion of replacing a set of four-way stop signs in one of them (Iqaluit, which is also the territorial capital) with a stoplight, which would've been Nunavut's first one. That proposal was not adopted.

Stoplights are abundant in the capitals of Yukon and the Northwest Territories. However, some of NT's outlying county equivalents may be stoplight-free, especially the Dehcho and Sahtu regions (the latter I visited only an outlying rural area rather than any of its urbanized areas).

I've changed the Subject line to what I originally misread it as just now. How does that affect the discussion? :)

Quote from: oscar on March 18, 2018, 08:19:11 AM
To take a stab at extending this discussion to Canada:

All three administrative divisions of Nunavut Territory probably still have no stoplights. I visited the principal cities of all three in 2014, and saw no stoplights there. There had been some discussion of replacing a set of four-way stop signs in one of them (Iqaluit, which is also the territorial capital) with a stoplight, which would've been Nunavut's first one. That proposal was not adopted.

Stoplights are abundant in the capitals of Yukon and the Northwest Territories. However, some of NT's outlying county equivalents may be stoplight-free, especially the Dehcho and Sahtu regions (the latter I visited only an outlying rural area rather than any of its urbanized areas).

There is a pedestrian signal in Cambridge Bay: https://goo.gl/maps/DK8par3Q3kx
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunavut-s-1st-traffic-light-comes-to-cambridge-bay-1.964758

And a signal in Inuvik: https://goo.gl/maps/NjvbzuDWqBB2

Quote from: Aaron Camp on March 18, 2018, 04:11:37 AM
In Illinois, I believe that Putnam, Cumberland, Edwards, Pope, Greene, Henderson, Calhoun, Hardin, Gallatin, and Stark counties all do not have full traffic lights at any intersection of roads. There is a drawbridge over the Illinois River at the Calhoun/Greene county line where traffic is controlled by a traffic light, however.

Henderson County has one on US 34 at Carmen Road:  Streetview. (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8151205,-91.0569233,3a,75y,86.91h,102.91t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOwvTtaQchT7nxXf3OBO6Zg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en)

Quote from: empirestate on March 18, 2018, 10:20:23 AM
I've changed the Subject line to what I originally misread it as just now. How does that affect the discussion? :)

My first thought was the Vatican, recognizing especially the very limited vehicle access permitted. Street View is largely non-existent. But it appears there may be a traffic light at the Porta Perugina, which is also the access point closest to the Domus Sanctae Marthae (where Pope Francis lives). The light would be for the purpose of controlling entrance and exit rather than for more "normal" purposes. (I'm not sure whether there is a light on the Vatican side of the wall, but there's one on the Italian side.)

Quote from: NE2 on December 31, 2012, 04:20:09 PM
That leper colony in Hawaii.

I think that Molokai is part of Honolulu county.

Quote from: michravera on March 18, 2018, 12:58:36 PM

Quote from: NE2 on December 31, 2012, 04:20:09 PM
That leper colony in Hawaii.

I think that Molokai is part of Honolulu county.

Molokai is split between two counties: Maui and Kalawao.
Kalawao County is just the Kalaupapa Peninsula, which is the leper colony.
The rest of the island is part of Maui County.

In Washington State:

Ferry County- seat is Republic
Garfield County- seat is Pomeroy
Lincoln County- seat is Davenport (*However, there is a 4-way flasher at the intersection of US 2 and WA 28 in Davenport.)
San Juan County- seat is Friday Harbor (county has no state routes and consists entirely of islands.)
Skamania County- seat is Stevenson (There are a few 4-way flashers in Carson.)
Wahkiakum County- seat is Cathlamet

Reynolds and Iron counties in Missouri both have no stoplights.

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.

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

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.

Quote from: bugo on June 21, 2018, 03:13:59 AM
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

Quote from: froggie on January 11, 2013, 12:29:37 PM
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.

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?

Quote from: froggie on May 30, 2021, 08:59:51 PM
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 (https://goo.gl/maps/euzfVqLfuYD1MYVb7) in Winnebago is a stoplight.   :pan:

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.

Does San Juan County, WA have any?

Quote from: thefraze_1020 on March 18, 2018, 04:46:38 PM
In Washington State:

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

Quote from: maxk on April 18, 2018, 07:07:13 PM
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.

Quote from: roadman65 on August 01, 2021, 07:22:47 PM
Does San Juan County, WA have any?

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

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

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

Quote from: ClassicHasClass on December 05, 2023, 01:04:17 PM
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.

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.

Quote from: roadman65 on December 05, 2023, 08:15:53 PM
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.

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.

Quote from: roadman65 on December 05, 2023, 08:15:53 PM
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.

Quote from: roadman65 on December 05, 2023, 08:15:53 PM
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.

Quote from: roadman65 on December 05, 2023, 08:15:53 PM
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

Quote from: roadman65 on December 05, 2023, 08:15:53 PM
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.

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

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

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.

Quote from: jgb191 on December 08, 2023, 09:18:52 PM
Never seen one in Kennedy County in Texas, but the last time I drove through there was a few years ago.

I seriously doubt that Loving County, TX has any, either.

Mike

Quote from: DandyDan on December 09, 2023, 04:59:50 AM
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.

If it is not working normally and cycling through its phases, then IMHO, for this thread's purposes, it is not counted as a traffic signal.

Mike

I'm honestly not sure if Alabama has any counties without at least one traffic signal controlled intersection. Coosa County gets close, but the town of Goodwater, AL, quite literally has the only traffic light in the entire county.

Quote from: freebrickproductions on December 09, 2023, 05:04:38 PM
I'm honestly not sure if Alabama has any counties without at least one traffic signal controlled intersection. Coosa County gets close, but the town of Goodwater, AL, quite literally has the only traffic light in the entire county.

It wouldn't surprise me if there were no signal-less counties in Alabama, simply because Alabama's counties are generally bigger than counties in neighboring GA or TN and so are more likely to include a town big enough for a light.

Quote from: US 89 on December 09, 2023, 11:27:09 PM

Quote from: freebrickproductions on December 09, 2023, 05:04:38 PM
I'm honestly not sure if Alabama has any counties without at least one traffic signal controlled intersection. Coosa County gets close, but the town of Goodwater, AL, quite literally has the only traffic light in the entire county.

It wouldn't surprise me if there were no signal-less counties in Alabama, simply because Alabama's counties are generally bigger than counties in neighboring GA or TN and so are more likely to include a town big enough for a light.

Even Choctaw and Washington in the sparser-populated west side of the state have one at their busiest in-town intersections.

I wouldn't be surprised if every county in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and/or New York State had at least one traffic light. From my travels throughout those states, I seem to recall that they love having traffic lights at rural highway junctions. Is that true of any one of those states?

Also, it seems like a pretty sure bet that every county in New Jersey has traffic lights - the state doesn't have that many counties to start with (21), and most (if not all) of the counties probably include some of either NYC suburbs, Philly suburbs, or shore towns. Am I right with that guess?

Quote from: KCRoadFan on December 16, 2023, 12:46:59 PM
I wouldn't be surprised if every county in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and/or New York State had at least one traffic light. From my travels throughout those states, I seem to recall that they love having traffic lights at rural highway junctions. Is that true of any one of those states?

Also, it seems like a pretty sure bet that every county in New Jersey has traffic lights - the state doesn't have that many counties to start with (21), and most (if not all) of the counties probably include some of either NYC suburbs, Philly suburbs, or shore towns. Am I right with that guess?

Indiana has a couple counties with no lights.

Quote from: KCRoadFan on December 16, 2023, 12:46:59 PM
I wouldn't be surprised if every county in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and/or New York State had at least one traffic light. From my travels throughout those states, I seem to recall that they love having traffic lights at rural highway junctions. Is that true of any one of those states?

Also, it seems like a pretty sure bet that every county in New Jersey has traffic lights - the state doesn't have that many counties to start with (21), and most (if not all) of the counties probably include some of either NYC suburbs, Philly suburbs, or shore towns. Am I right with that guess?

Hamilton County, NY doesn't have any permanent traffic lights.

With North Dakota, I think it would be easier to list the counties that do have stoplights.

Here they are, as far as I can tell:

Barnes
Burleigh
Cass
Dickey
Grand Forks
McKenzie
Morton
Mountrail
Pembina
Ramsey
Ransom
Richland
Rolette
Stark
Stutsman
Traill
Walsh
Ward
Williams

I was surprised that Dickey County and Pembina County made the list and Mercer and McLean Counties didn't make it. Let me know if I missed any.

Quote from: NWI_Irish96 on December 16, 2023, 01:20:18 PM

Quote from: KCRoadFan on December 16, 2023, 12:46:59 PM
I wouldn't be surprised if every county in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and/or New York State had at least one traffic light. From my travels throughout those states, I seem to recall that they love having traffic lights at rural highway junctions. Is that true of any one of those states?

Also, it seems like a pretty sure bet that every county in New Jersey has traffic lights - the state doesn't have that many counties to start with (21), and most (if not all) of the counties probably include some of either NYC suburbs, Philly suburbs, or shore towns. Am I right with that guess?

Indiana has a couple counties with no lights.

Warren County is one I know for sure that doesn't.

Quote from: KCRoadFan on December 16, 2023, 12:46:59 PM
I wouldn't be surprised if every county in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and/or New York State had at least one traffic light. From my travels throughout those states, I seem to recall that they love having traffic lights at rural highway junctions. Is that true of any one of those states?

Also, it seems like a pretty sure bet that every county in New Jersey has traffic lights - the state doesn't have that many counties to start with (21), and most (if not all) of the counties probably include some of either NYC suburbs, Philly suburbs, or shore towns. Am I right with that guess?

I believe every county seat in Ohio has at least one stoplight.

I'm still trying to figure out where the stoplight in Keweenaw County is unless they're counting that one in Copper Harbor. That's a stop sign so yeah there's a light in the air but it's not a traffic light that changes from green to yellow to red, it flashes red all the time.

Jefferson County, Florida in the panhandle just east of Tallahassee also has no lights. You'd think there would be one in Monticello, but US 19 and US 90 meet at a roundabout there.

Quote from: US 89 on December 19, 2023, 11:25:24 PM
Jefferson County, Florida in the panhandle just east of Tallahassee also has no lights. You'd think there would be one in Monticello, but US 19 and US 90 meet at a roundabout there.

Glades County, FL has only three along US 27. One was added along a rural part of US 27 at SR 29, which is highly unusual to have one at an extremely rural intersection.

Originally in 1991 the first time I drove it there were none on US 27.

Also I mentioned it years ago here, but I'm not going to be like a few others on here and call you out on it. :biggrin:

I've heard it said there are no traffic lights in Lake County, Michigan, but that a resident of the county has a private traffic light collection in his home. I wish I could verify that. :popcorn:

I don't think Modoc County CA has any. None in Alturas, the only incorporated city.