MO Rev Stat § 46.065 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 46 - Establishment and Boundaries of Counties|Section 46.065 - Cape Girardeau.

Effective - 28 Aug 1984   46.065. Cape Girardeau. — Beginning in the middle of the main channel of the Mississippi River, opposite the mouth of Apple Creek; thence to the mouth of said creek; thence up said creek to the line between townships thirty-three and thirty-four, at or near where the said township line is intersected by the section line dividing sections thirty-three and thirty-four, in township thirty-four, range eleven, east; thence west with said line to the northwest corner of section five, township thirty-three, range eleven, east; thence south with the subdivisional lines to the southwest corner of section thirty-two, township twenty-nine, range eleven, east; thence east with the township line between townships twenty-eight and twenty-nine to the middle of the west fork of White Water River, where the township line between townships twenty-eight and twenty-nine, north, range twelve, east, crosses said creek; thence to the southeast corner of section thirty-one, township twenty-nine, north, range twelve, east; thence to the northeast corner of said section thirty-one; thence east to the northeast corner of section thirty-three, in said township and range; thence north to the southwest corner of section twenty-two, in the same township and range; thence east to the southeast corner of said section twenty-two; thence north to the southwest corner of section eleven, in the same township and range; thence east to the southeast corner of said section eleven; thence north to the southwest corner of section one, in said township and range; thence east to the southeast corner of said section one; thence to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of section six, township twenty-nine, north, range thirteen, east; thence east to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of said section six; thence north to the northeast corner of said section six; thence east to the southeast corner of section thirty-two, in township thirty, north, of range thirteen, east; thence north to the northeast corner of said section thirty-two; thence east to the southeast corner of section twenty-seven, in said township and range; thence north to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of said section twenty-seven; thence east to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of section twenty-five, in said township and range; thence north to the southwest corner of section nineteen, in township thirty, north, of range fourteen, east; thence east to the northwest corner of section twenty-nine, above stated township and range; thence south 86 degrees 58 minutes 58 seconds east along the north line of said section twenty-nine, a distance of 2,182.97 feet to the center of Cape La Croix (La Cruche) Creek, thence south 47 degrees 17 minutes 53 seconds east, 1022.85 feet; thence south 1 degree 31 minutes 55 seconds east, 675.86 feet; thence north 84 degrees 8 minutes 44 seconds east, 1047.81 feet; thence north 52 degrees 6 minutes 0.0 seconds east, 1329.28 feet; thence south 26 degrees 5 minutes 12 seconds east, 877.54 feet; thence north 88 degrees 43 minutes 24 seconds east, 643.47 feet; thence north 55 degrees 40 minutes 03 seconds east, 592.98 feet; thence north 31 degrees 44 minutes 26 seconds east, 973.54 feet; thence south 58 degrees 51 minutes 45 seconds east, 1748.11 feet; thence north 26 degrees 20 minutes 57 seconds east, 572.69 feet; thence north 88 degrees 23 minutes 16 seconds east, 1429.32 feet; thence south 88 degrees 59 minutes 1 seconds east, 504.91 feet; thence north 50 degrees 16 minutes 9 seconds east, 487.39 feet; thence north 9 degrees 27 minutes 15 seconds east, 351.59 feet; thence continuing north 9 degrees 27 minutes 15 seconds east, to the Mississippi River, thence to the middle of the main channel of the Mississippi River; thence up the Mississippi River, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the place of beginning. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13600, A.L. 1984 S.B. 741)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11941; 1919 § 9343; 1909 § 3560