Forsyth, Missouri

Forsyth population, 2020 to 2024

Forsyth added 33 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by -16.

Forsyth covers 3.38 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 818 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Forsyth is less dense than the typical town.

What county Forsyth is in

All of Forsyth's residents live in Taney County, which had 56,744 residents in 2024. Forsyth holds 4.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Forsyth

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Forsyth by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65653. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Forsyth is

The Census internal point of Forsyth is at 36.685300, -93.102700. Jefferson City, the capital, is 140.4 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hollister, MO (4,659 people), 8.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, MO, 36.7 miles away.

Daylight in Forsyth

At 36.69° N, Forsyth gets about 14 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Forsyth

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Merriam Woods, 4.6 miles away, with 2,042 people.