Davenport, city in eastern Iowa, seat of Scott County, on the Mississippi River, opposite Illinois. One of the Quad Cities (also including Bettendorf, in Iowa, and Rock Island and Moline, both in Illinois), Davenport serves as a commercial, manufacturing, and transportation center for the surrounding agricultural region. Educational and cultural institutions in the city include St. Ambrose University, Marycrest International University, Palmer College of Chiropractic, the Davenport Museum of Art, and the Putnam Museum of History and Natural Science. Credit Island, now a park, is the site of an 1814 British victory in the War of 1812; the United States Rock Island Arsenal is nearby.
In 1836, four years after the Black Hawk Treaty was signed, the settlement was laid out and named for one of the community's founders, Colonel George Davenport. Davenport was incorporated as a city in 1839. The city prospered after the first railroad bridge crossing the Mississippi River was completed here in 1856. Davenport had no flood control system, and suffered extensive damage during flooding of the Mississippi River in 1993. Population 103,264 (1980); 95,333 (1990); 98,359 (2000).Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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