Forsyth, MO

FORSYTH   The county seat of Taney county, Swan township, situated on White river, 300 miles from St. Louis, and 225 from Jefferson City.  The post office has been established 20 years.  The town contains one blacksmith, one drug store, three general stores, one hotel and two physicians.  Uncultivated land may be had for $2 per acre, and cultivated for $10.  The river is navigable to this point, and nothing but capital is required to do a heavy business in any mercantile trade.  Population 100.  Judges County Court, R.W. Robertson, Wm. Yandell.  County Sheriff, H.B. Ellison.  (Missouri State Gazetteer..., 1860)