Missouri Revised Statutes Title VI. County, Township and Political Subdivision Government § 46.130. Phelps

Beginning at the range line dividing ranges five and six, west, where the township line between townships thirty-nine and forty crosses the same; thence west along the township line to the northwest corner of township thirty-nine; thence south to the southwest corner of said township thirty-nine; thence west with the township line to the middle of the main channel of the Gasconade River; thence with said river, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to where same crosses the east and west line dividing in half township thirty-eight; thence west with the subdivisional line to the northwest corner of section twenty-two, township thirty-eight, range ten, west; thence south with the subdivisional lines to the southeast corner of section thirty-three, township thirty-four, range ten, west; thence east on the township line to the southeast corner of section thirty-three, township thirty-four, range eight, west; thence north in the middle of range eight to the southeast corner of section thirty-three, township thirty-six, range eight, west; thence east to the range line dividing ranges five and six, west; thence north with said range line to the place of beginning.