SR 265 was established by January 1980 running along the same routing it does today. By October 1993, the state highway was extended south and west along Magnolia Drive to end at SR 61 south of downtown Tallahassee. Currently, signage along this portion of the road at its two endpoints show this road as County Road 265. Some agencies show this portion of the road as a county road, such as Tallahassee Public Works, while others, such as Florida Department of Transportation's GIS data hub, do not list it as a county road.