Get an ADT-Monitored Home Security System in Davenport, Iowa

Davenport is a city in and the county chair of Scott County, Iowa, United States. Located along the Mississippi River on the eastern be neighboring to of the state, it is the largest of the Quad Cities, a metropolitan area with a population of 384,324 and a comprehensive statistical area population of 474,019, ranking as the 147th-largest MSA and 91st-largest CSA in the nation. According to the 2020 census, the city had a population of 101,724, making it Iowa’s third-largest city. Davenport was founded upon May 14, 1836, by Antoine Le Claire and named for his buddy George Davenport.

The city is prone to frequent flooding due to its location upon the Mississippi River. There are two main universities: St. Ambrose University and Palmer College of Chiropractic, where the first chiropractic adjustment took place. Several annual music festivals accept place in Davenport, including the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, the Mississippi Valley Fair, and the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival. An internationally known 7-mile (11 km) foot race, called the Bix 7, is control during the festival. The city has a Class A minor-league baseball team, the Quad Cities River Bandits. Davenport has 50 plus parks and facilities, as without difficulty as beyond 20 miles (32 km) of recreational paths for biking or walking.

Three interstates (80, 74 and 280) and two major United States Highways facilitate the city. Davenport has seen steady population lump since its incorporation. National economic difficulties in the 1980s resulted in job and population losses. Notable people from the city have included jazz legend Bix Beiderbecke, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Susan Glaspell, former National Football League running back up Roger Craig, UFC Welterweight Champion Pat Miletich, IBF Middleweight and WBA Super Middleweight boxing champion Michael Nunn, and former two-time WWE Champion and WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins.