Article 1. City Limits
The entire boundary of the City of St. Francis, Kansas, is hereby established and declared to be as follows:
Beginning at the Northeast corner of the Southwest Quarter (SW¼) of Section Twenty-two (22), Township Three (3) South, Range Forty (40), West of the 6th P.M., in Cheyenne County, Kansas; thence running West along the North line of the Southwest Quarter (SW¼) of said Section Twenty-two (22) to the Northwest corner of said Quarter Section; thence running West along the North line of the Southeast Quarter (SE¼) of Section Twenty-one (21), in said Township and Range, to the Northwest corner of the East Half (E½) of the said Southeast Quarter (SE¼) of said Section Twenty-one (21); thence South along the West line of said East Half (E½) of said Southeast Quarter (SE¼) of said Section Twenty-one (21) to the Southwest corner of said East Half (E½) of said Southeast Quarter (SE¼) of said Section Twenty-one (21); thence West at right angles Two Hundred Eight Feet (208’); thence South at right angles Two Hundred Eight Feet (208’); thence East at right angles Two Hundred Eight Feet (208’) but in any event to the West line of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NE¼NE¼) of Section Twenty-eight (28), Township Three (3) South, Range Forty (40), West of the 6th P.M., Cheyenne County, Kansas; thence South along the said West line of said Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NE¼NE¼) of said Section Twenty-eight (28) to the Southwest corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NE¼NE¼) of said Section Twenty eight (28); thence East along the South line of said Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NE¼NE¼) of said Section Twenty-eight (28) One Hundred Forty-two Feet (142’); thence South and parallel with the East line of said Northeast Quarter (NE¼) of said Section Twenty-eight (28) approximately Two Hundred Seventy Feet (270’) but in any event to a point which is Two Hundred Feet (200’) South from the South right of way line of U.S. Highway No. 36 as now laid out and established across the said Northeast Quarter (NE) of said Section Twenty-eight (28); thence East, parallel with and Two Hundred Feet (200’) South from said South right of way line of said U.S. Highway No. 36 a distance of Seven Hundred Forty-eight Feet (748’) but in any event to a point Four Hundred Thirty Feet (430’) West from the East line of the said Northeast Quarter (NE¼) of said Section Twenty-eight (28); thence South, parallel with and Four Hundred Thirty Feet (430’) West from the said East line of the said Northeast Quarter (NE¼) of said Section Twenty-eight (28) and to the South line of said Quarter Section; thence East along said South line of said Quarter Section to the Southeast corner of said Northeast Quarter (NE¼) of said Section Twenty eight (28); thence East along the South line of the Northwest Quarter (NW¼) of Section Twenty-seven (27), Township Three (3) South, Range Forty (40), West of the 6th P.M., Cheyenne County, Kansas, to the Southeast corner of said Quarter Section; thence North along the East line of said Northwest Quarter (NW¼) of said Section Twenty-seven (27) to a point which is Six Hundred Ninety-two Feet (692’) South from the South right of way line of U.S. Highway No. 36 as now laid out and established across said Quarter Section; thence East at right angles Six Hundred Sixty Feet (660’) as to the established line between the East half (E½) and the West Half (W½) of said West Half of the Northeast Quarter (W½NE¼) of said Section Twenty-seven (27) and to a point, in said line, which is Five Hundred Sixty-two Feet (562’) South from the South right of way line of said U.S. Highway No. 36 as now laid out and established across said Quarter Section; thence North along said line lying between the said East Half (E½) and West Half (W½) of said West Half (W½) of said Northeast Quarter (NE¼) of said Section Twenty-seven (27) to the North line of said Quarter Section; thence East along the North line of said Quarter Section a distance of Thirty-six and one-half Feet (36.5’); thence North and parallel with the West line of the Southeast Quarter (SE¼) of Section Twenty-two (22), Township Three (3) South, Range Forty (40), West of the 6th P.M., Cheyenne County, Kansas, a distance of Four Hundred Eighteen Feet (418’) and to the North line of Spencer Avenue of the City of St. Francis, Kansas, projected Eastward; thence East at right angles a distance of Sixty-two and one-half Feet (62.5’); thence North and parallel with the said West line of said Southeast Quarter (SE¼) of Said Section Twenty-two (22) Nine Hundred Two Feet (902’) and to the East-West line lying between the North Half (N½) and the South Half (S½) of said Southeast Quarter (SE¼) of said Section Twenty-two (22); thence East along said line a distance of Three Hundred Two and Twenty-five Hundredths Feet (302.25’); thence North and parallel with the West line of said Southeast Quarter (SE¼) of said Section Twenty-two (22) to the North line of said Quarter Section; thence West along said North line of said Southeast Quarter (SE¼) of said Section Twenty-two (22) a distance of One Thousand Sixty-one and Two Tenths Feet (1,061.2’) and to the point of beginning.
(Code 1978; Code 2003; Code 2015)