Highway 219 serves as a north–south connector route between State Highway 1 and State Highway 89, as well as serves the city of Goodridge. Highway 89 continues north to the city of Roseau.
Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge is located west of the junction of Highway 219 and County State-Aid Highway 7 in Marshall County. The nearby refuge surrounds Mud Lake on County State-Aid Highway 7.
The route is legally defined as Route 219 in the Minnesota Statutes.[3]
^1951 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1951. § D5. Archived from the original on August 25, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
^1954 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1954. § D4-D5. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
^1956 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. 1956. § D4-D5. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2020.