McDonald County, Missouri

Founding: 1849 (declared in 1847)
Parent county: Newton

Namesake: Alexander McDonald, Continental Army soldier
Seat: Pineville (1849–)

Land area: 539 square miles

Population (2020): 23,303

Population (historic): 2,236 (1850); 3,756 (1870); 11,283 (1890); 13,539 (1910); 13,936 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1860; 1870–1900; 1930s; 1970–2000

Subdivisions: Six cities; two villages; 19 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 694 (7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 29.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $557
Average outbuilding value (1930): $368
Number of farms (1920): 2,143
Average farm size (1920): 53.5 acres
Sources of settlement: Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, and Indiana
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Pineville

Namesake: Unclear—perhaps the area's pine forests

Founding: 1847 (platting as Maryville); 1849 (post office); 1919 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 802

Population (historic): 147 (1880); 192 (1890); 359 (1920); 422 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1900–1940; 1970–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 35 (8.9%)
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