Taney County
Also known as Taney County, Missouri, Taney County, MO
county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- January 4, 1837
- Named after
- Roger B. Taney
- Seat
- Forsyth
- Largest city
- Branson
- Total
- 652 sq mi (1,690 km )
- Land
- 632 sq mi (1,640 km )
- Water
- 19 sq mi (49 km ) 2.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 57,001
- Density
- 88.7/sq mi (34.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
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Taney County is a county in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 56,066. Its county seat is Forsyth. It is included in the Branson Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Taney County was officially organized on January 4, 1837, and named in honor of Roger Brooke Taney, the fifth Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, best known for delivering the infamous majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford. However, unlike Roger B. Taney, who pronounced his name /ˈtɔːni/, the "Taney" in Taney County is generally pronounced /ˈteɪni/.