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 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 Tenness...