The county of Ellsworth is bounded as follows: Commencing at the southeast corner of the county of Lincoln; thence west thirty miles, to range line between ranges ten and eleven west; thence south twenty-four miles, to township lines between townships seventeen and eighteen south; thence east on said line, to the west line of McPherson county; thence north on west lines of McPherson and Saline counties, to the place of beginning.
K.S.A. 18-127