on october 29, 1948, fm 847 was designated from us 67 in girvin to loop 293, which was then the route of us 290 through bakersfield. the fm 847 designation was canceled on may 23, 1951, and the route was combined with fm 11. fm 847 was reused for a road in terry county on july 25, 1951, and when that was cancelled, fm 847 was reused for a road in erath county. in addition, between fm 11 and fm 847 were added. fm 11 was extended southward in bakersfield to i-10 on march 31, 1975.