Kan. Stat. § 18-189
The county of Shawnee shall be bounded as follows: Commencing at the southeast corner of section thirty-four, township thirteen, range seventeen east; thence due north on section lines, being two miles west of east line of range seventeen, to the Kansas or Kaw river; thence westward by and following the channel of said river for a distance of five miles, as indicated by section lines, to the southwest corner of section twenty-five, township eleven, range sixteen; thence north, to the second standard parallel; thence east (but a few chains), to the southwest corner of section thirty-six, township ten, range sixteen; thence north on said line, being one mile west of east line of range sixteen, six miles, to the north line of township ten; thence west on said line, twenty-four miles, to the northwest corner of section one, township ten, range twelve; thence south to the channel of the Kansas or Kaw river; thence down the channel of said river, to a point two miles west of the east line of range thirteen, as by the section lines; thence due south on said section lines, being two miles west of east line of range thirteen, being the present west line of Shawnee county, south of the Kansas river, to the southwest corner of section thirty-five, township thirteen, range thirteen east; thence east twenty-four miles, to the place of beginning.
K.S.A. 18-189