Taney County, Missouri

 

Founding: 1837 (declared in 1835)
Parent county: Greene

Namesake: Roger Taney, Supreme Court chief justice
Seat: Forsyth (1838–)

Land area: 632 square miles

Population (2020): 56,066

Population (historic): 3,264 (1840); 3,576 (1860); 5,599 (1880); 10,812 (1900); 8,867 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1850; 1860–1900; 1930s; 1950–2020

Subdivisions: Five cities; three villages; one CDP; eight townships

National Register listings: Seven

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 833 (2.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 20.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $589
Average outbuilding value (1930): $350
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,216
Average farm size (1920): 53.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee
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Forsyth

Namesake: John Forsyth, Georgia politician

Founding: 1837 (platting); 1837 (post office); 1950 (relocation)

Population (2020): 2,730

Population (historic): 88 (1860); 478 (1910); 200 (1920); 281 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860; 1900s; 1920–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 26 (2.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Albert Dean Farm (1908). 31535 State Route 76. Beaver. Queen Anne.