Taney

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Taney
       n : United States jurist who served as chief justice of the
           United States Supreme Court; remembered for his ruling
           that slaves and their descendants have no rights as
           citizens [syn: {Roger Taney}, {Roger Brooke Taney}]



From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Taney -- U.S. County in Missouri
     Population (2000):    39703
     Housing Units (2000): 19688
     Land area (2000):     632.355777 sq. miles (1637.793873 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    19.120854 sq. miles (49.522782 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    651.476631 sq. miles (1687.316655 sq. km)
     Located within:       Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
     Location:             36.650639 N, 93.165123 W
     Headwords:
      Taney
      Taney, MO
      Taney County
      Taney County, MO