The county of Kit Carson is hereby established, with the legal capacity and functions of other counties in this state, and the boundaries are as follows:
Beginning at the northeast corner of Elbert county and running west along the north line of said Elbert county to the west line of range fifty-one, west of the sixth principal meridian; thence south on said west line of range fifty-one to the township line between townships eleven and twelve south; thence east along said township line to where it intersects the state line of Kansas; thence north on the east boundary line of Elbert county to the place of beginning.
C.R.S. § 30-5-135