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McDonald County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- March 3, 1849
- Named after
- Sergeant Alexander McDonald
- Seat
- Pineville
- Largest city
- Noel
- Total
- 539.646 sq mi (1,397.68 km )
- Land
- 539.445 sq mi (1,397.16 km )
- Water
- 0.201 sq mi (0.52 km ) 0.04%
- Estimate 2025
- 23,992
- Density
- 44.599/sq mi (17.220/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- mcdonaldcountymo.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
McDonald County is a county located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,303. and was estimated to be 23,992 in 2025. Its county seat is Pineville.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “McDonald County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.