Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Pineville, MO

Pineville is the county seat of McDonald County, in Missouri's southwestern corner where the state meets Arkansas and Oklahoma.

Pineville was laid out in 1847 under the name Maryville, but was renamed Pineville in 1849 because another Missouri community already used the name Maryville; the new name is said to honor a grove of pine trees at the town site or to be borrowed from Pineville, Kentucky.

Pineville fought a bitter seven-year rivalry with the town of Rutledge over the McDonald County seat before the state legislature settled the dispute in Pineville's favor in 1857.

During the Civil War, Bushwhackers burned the Pineville courthouse in 1863, destroying many of the county's early records.

On August 17, 1897, Pineville was the scene of a bank robbery notable for involving a woman as an active participant, a rarity for the era.

Pineville's Old McDonald County Courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, one of only three National Register sites in McDonald County.

Pineville had 802 residents at the 2020 census, up slightly from 791 in 2010 and 768 in 2000, making it only the fifth most populous community in its own county despite being the county seat.

Pineville covers roughly 3.2 square miles in the Ozark hills of southwest Missouri.

McDonald County, organized in 1849 and named for Revolutionary War sergeant Alexander McDonald, is part of the Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers metropolitan area of Northwest Arkansas.