Missouri Route 202
state highway in Schuyler County, Missouri, United States
Route 202 is a short highway in extreme northern Missouri. It is wholly within Schuyler County. Its northern terminus is at the Iowa state line where it continues as Iowa Highway 202; its southern terminus is at the intersection of U.S. Route 63 and U.S. Route 136 in Lancaster.
Route description
Route 202 begins at an intersection with US 63/US 136 in Lancaster, heading west on a two-lane undivided road. The road continues east past this intersection as part of US 136. From the southern terminus, the route runs through agricultural areas with some trees. Route 202 reaches Glenwood, where it becomes South Avenue and passes near residences, intersecting Route M. The route turns north onto an unnamed road, with Route AA continuing to the west. Route 202 curves to the northwest and leaves Glenwood, passing through more farmland. The road continues through more rural areas, intersecting Route F and Route Z. After the intersection with the latter, the route heads to the north. Route 202 curves northeast and passes a few homes in the community of Coatsville before coming to its northern terminus at the Iowa border, where the road continues into that state as Iowa 202.
“Missouri Route 202” enters the record as state highway in Schuyler County, Missouri, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Missouri, Route and state can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2485463. Authority coordinates are 40.523, -92.544. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
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This entry incorporates text from “Missouri Route 202” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.