Pontotoc County is bounded by beginning on the basis meridian of the Chickasaw survey at the northwest corner of section nineteen, township eight, range one, east; thence east on the section lines to the northwest corner of section nineteen, township eight, range four, east; thence south to the southwest corner of section nineteen, township eight, range four, east; thence east to the northwest corner of section thirty, township eight, range five, east; thence south on range lines between four and five to the southeast corner of section thirty-six, in township eleven, range four, east; thence west on line between townships eleven and twelve to the basis meridian; thence north to the point of beginning. The county site is Pontotoc.Codes, 1857, ch. 2, art 71; 1871, § 71; 1880, § 75; 1892, § 400; 1906, § 464; Hemingway's 1917, § 3884; 1930, § 3945; 1942, § 3080; Laws, 2/9/1836; Laws, 1908, ch. 154.
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