The county of Phillips is bounded as follows: Commencing where the east line of range sixteen west intersects the base line of the state of Kansas; thence south with said range line, to the first standard parallel; thence west with said parallel, to the east line of range twenty-one west; thence north with said range line, to the base line of the state of Kansas; thence east with said base line, to the place of beginning.
K.S.A. 18-174