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County Courthouse
Recorder Deeds has marriage records Clerk Circuit Court has divorce, court and land records Probate Judge has probate records[1]

Parent County
1849 McDonald County was created 3 March 1849 from Newton County. County seat: Pineville. [2]

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Missouri county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Missouri County Boundary Maps" (1804-1889) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
1856 Log courthouse was demolished. 1863 Courthouse burned, destroying most records. Deeds before 1863 were recreated. For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see:

Burned Counties Research in the FamilySearch Research Wiki. Arlene Eakle, When the Records are Gone in the Tennessee Genealogy Blog. Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle.

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog

Bethpage Goodman Noel Powell Prairie Township Rocky Comfort Southwest City The State Historical Society of Missouri has information on historical Missouri place names for all 114 Missouri Counties.

Neighboring Counties
Barry • Benton County, Arkansas  • Delaware County, Oklahoma  • Newton  • Ottawa County, Oklahoma