Founded in the year 1849 and named in the honor of Alexander McDonald, the McDonald County occupies an area of 539.70 sq mi approximately. Pineville is the county seat. A population of around 23K with a splendid mixture of races including White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others with more than 8.1K housing units along with 5.8K families inhabits this region. Anderson forms the largest city which is located in the in Southwest part of Missouri.

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