Nevada Revised Statutes Title 20. Counties and Townships: Formation, Government and Officers § 243.215. Portion of Nye County detached and attached to Lincoln County--1875

The following described territory, now a portion of Nye County, is hereby detached from Nye County and is hereby attached to and made a part of Lincoln County: All that territory embraced within the following boundaries: Commencing on the north line of Lincoln County at a point where the 115th parallel of longitude crosses the line; thence due north 45 miles, more or less, to a point due west of the north line of A. Prairie's farm (northeast of Patterson Station); thence from that point west of A. Prairie's farm due east 51 miles, more or less, to the east line of the State; thence south along the state line 45 miles, more or less, to the present north line of Lincoln County; and thence west along the north line of Lincoln County to the place of beginning.