Davenport, Iowa Davenport, Iowa Top row: Village of East Davenport, Figge Art Museum; Second row: Downtown Davenport, Third row: Fountain in Vander Veer Botanical Park, baseball in Modern Woodmen Park; Bottom row: Davenport Skybridge Top row: Village of East Davenport, Figge Art Museum; Second row: Downtown Davenport, Third row: Fountain in Vander Veer Botanical Park, baseball in Modern Woodmen Park; Bottom row: Davenport Skybridge Location of Davenport in Scott County (left) and locale of Scott County in the State of Iowa Davenport, Iowa is positioned in the US Davenport, Iowa - Davenport, Iowa Davenport is the governmental center of county of Scott County in Iowa and is the biggest of the Quad Cities, a urbane region with a populace estimate of 382,630 and a CSA populace of 474,226, making it the 90th biggest CSA in the nation. Davenport was established on May 14, 1836 by Antoine Le Claire and was titled for his friend, George Davenport, a colonel amid the Black Hawk War stationed at close-by Fort Armstrong.
According to the 2010 census, the town/city had a populace of 99,685 (making it Iowa's third-largest city).
However, the town/city is presently appealing this figure, arguing that the Enumeration Bureau missed a section of inhabitants that would place the total populace over 100,000, and indeed, even the Enumeration Bureau's own estimate for Davenport's 2011 populace is 100,802. Located approximately halfway between Chicago and Des Moines, Davenport is on the border of Iowa and Illinois.
The town/city is apt to incessant flooding due to its locale on the Mississippi River.
Several annual music celebrations take place in Davenport, including the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, The Mississippi Valley Fair, and the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival.
The town/city has a Class A minor league baseball team, the Quad Cities River Bandits.
Davenport has 50 plus parks and facilities, as well as over 20 miles (32 km) of recreational paths for biking or walking.
Davenport has seen steady populace growth since its incorporation, with an exception being the 1980s, when the populace decreased due to job loss.
In 2007, Davenport, along with neighboring Rock Island, won the City Livability Award in the small-city category from the U.S.
In 2012, Davenport as well as the Quad Cities Metropolitan Area was ranked among the fastest-growing areas in the country in the expansion of high-tech jobs. Notable natives of the town/city have encompassed jazz legend Bix Beiderbecke, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Susan Glaspell, former National Football League running back Roger Craig, and former WWE World Heavyweight Championship holder Seth Rollins.
History of Davenport, Iowa Army General Winfield Scott and Governor of Illinois, John Reynolds, acted on behalf of the United States, with the future Davenport founder, half-Native, Antoine Le Claire serving as translator.
Davenport was established on May 14, 1836 by Le Claire, and titled after his friend Colonel George Davenport, who was stationed at Fort Armstrong amid the war.
The town/city was incorporated on January 25, 1839. The region was successively governed by the legislatures of the Michigan Territory, the Wisconsin Territory, Iowa Territory and finally Iowa.
Scott County was formed by an act of the Wisconsin Territorial council in 1837. Davenport and neighbor Rockingham both campaigned to turn into the county seat.
Consequently, to ensure that the governmental center of county issue would not be played out again, Davenport assembled the first county courthouse. It connected Davenport to Rock Island, Illinois. This stockyards connection caused transit and commerce with Chicago to decidedly improve.
The addition of new barns lines to Muscatine and Iowa City, and the acquiring of other lines by the Rock Island Railroad, caused Davenport to turn into a commercial barns hub. Davenport, son of Colonel George Davenport, in 1832 or 1833 and is believed to be the earliest structure in the city. Kirkwood declared Davenport to be Iowa's first military command posts and five camps were set up in the town/city to aid the Union. The Davenport City Hall was assembled in 1895 for the meager price of $100,000 ($2.88 million in 2017 dollars).
Picture of Davenport in 1865; on the right is the Steamboat Iowa, which appears in the Seal of Iowa.
As Davenport grew, it combined smaller encircling communities, annexing Rockingham, Nahant, Probstei, East Davenport, Oakdale, Cawiezeel, Blackhawk, Mt.
The farm crisis of the 1980s negatively affected Davenport and the rest of the Quad Cities, 35,000 workers lost their jobs throughout the entire Quad Cities area. The Caterpillar plant on the city's north side closed, causing the loss of employment for many residents.
Davenport's longitude and latitude coordinates in decimal form are 41.542982, 90.590745. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 65.08 square miles (168.56 km2), of which, 62.95 square miles (163.04 km2) is territory and 2.13 square miles (5.52 km2) is water. Davenport is positioned approximately 170 miles (270 km) west of Chicago and 170 miles (270 km) east of the Iowa state capital of Des Moines.
Farmland surrounds Davenport, outside the Quad Cities area.
Davenport is positioned on the banks of the Mississippi River.
The river flows from east to west along Davenport's banks, as opposed to its usual north to south direction. From the river the town/city starts to slope north up a hill, which is steep at some points.
Davenport often makes nationwide headlines when the Mississippi River floods. It is the biggest city bordering the Mississippi that has no permanent flood wall or levee. Davenport prefers the open access to the river for parks and vistas over having access cut off by dikes and levees.
As a result, former mayor Phil Yerington publicly expressed the view that if they "let Mother Nature take her course, we'll all be better off". An example of a building that is elevated or flood-proofed in Davenport is the Figge Art Museum. Average snow flurry in Davenport is 30.7 inches (780 mm) per year. January is on average the coldest month, while July is the warmest. The highest temperature recorded in Davenport was 103 F (39 C) on July 18, 2006. The lowest temperature, 22 F ( 30 C), was recorded on February 2 and February 3, 1996. Substantial weather shifts frequently occur at three- to four-day intervals as a result of mid-latitude storm tracks, which is where low and high pressure extratropical disturbances occur. Although a several minor tornadoes have occurred, no devastating tornado has ever touched down in Davenport. Flooding, however, is often a lured in Davenport due to the lack of a flood wall.
For example, amid the 2008 flooding, Credit Island in the city's southwest corner remained closed for 5 months while crews worked on cleaning up damage and removing river debris. Duck Creek, a stream situated in Bettendorf and Davenport, is also vulnerable to flash flooding.
Severe thunderstorms on June 16, 1990, created heavy flash flooding in Bettendorf and Davenport that killed four citizens . Another primary flood happened on June 12, 2008, when harsh thunderstorms caused Duck Creek to overflow its banks and flood properties and close-by streets (see Iowa flood of 2008). Climate data for Quad Cities (Quad City International Airport), 1981 2010 normals, extremes 1871 present Neighborhoods of Davenport, Iowa One of Davenport's earliest neighborhoods, the Village of East Davenport, is full of small specialty shops.
Davenport has a several neighborhoods dating back to the 1840s. The initial city plot was around current day Ripley and 5th Streets, where Antoine Le Claire had assembled his home.
The adjacency and commanding view of the river kept these neighborhoods a fashionable address long after the initial families departed. Lindsay Park, in The Village of East Davenport, was used as parade grounds for Civil War soldiers from Camp Mc - Clellan. The central Hamburg neighborhood contains the most architecturally momentous residences in the old German neighborhoods. Also in central Davenport, the Vander Veer Park Historic District is a neighborhood anchored by Vander Veer Park, a large park with a botanical garden and a fountain.
The park was modeled after New York City's Central Park and originally shared its name. Vander Veer is surrounded by large Queen Anne and Tudor Revival style homes that were assembled between 1895 and 1915.
Today the easterly side of Davenport still contains many of the higher class homes in the city.
The old Civil War parade grounds, in The Village of East Davenport ("The Village" for short), have been turned into Lindsay Park, which is surrounded by small specialty shops.
West of The Village, Downtown contains the two tallest buildings in the Quad Cities: the Wells Fargo Bank Building, which is 255 feet tall, and the Mid-American Energy Building, which is 220 feet tall. Other tall buildings include the 11-story Hotel Blackhawk, the 150 foot Kahl Building and the Davenport City Hall. Further information: List of mayors of Davenport, Iowa The Davenport City Hall was assembled in 1895 at the price of $100,000.
He or she also appoints town/city board members. The town/city council's job is to make laws and set the town/city budget. The town/city administrator, presently (no permanent administrator), is appointed by the mayor with confirmation by two-thirds of the council.
Citywide goals through 2012 include having a financially responsible government, having a burgeoning economy, revitalizing neighborhoods, and upgrading town/city infrastructure and enhance facilities. The establishment of Davenport as a political and government unit came in 1839, three years after the town/city was settled. The town/city was incorporated as a result of a resolution by Iowa Representative Jonathan W.
Parker by special charter in the Iowa Territory on January 25, 1839. Parker was a resident of Davenport and one of six trustees propel to govern the town/city with Rodolphus Bennet being the first mayor.
Changes include having six alderman replace the five trustees, dividing the town/city into three wards, and appointing a town/city clerk position to replace the recorder. The charter was amended again in 1851 to grew the town/city area, furnish greater detail of the duties of the mayor, town/city council, and other officials. During the last half of the 19th century, government assumed expanding responsibilities for enhance welfare and enhance works improvements.
The town/city period police protection, even temporarily having volunteer police officers to assist the three paid officers. Fire protection was period in 1882, with the city's first 13 paid firefighters. Former mayor Henry Vollmer accomplished a several enhance works achievements, including large street paving and new sub-divisions being plotted. A large town/city budget surplus brought the creation of the Davenport City Hall. After 1900, each mayor brought new agendas for town/city improvement.
They town/city also period with the incorporation of the town/city of Rockingham and the establishment of the Davenport Municipal Airport. The 2010 fiscal year budget is $199.2 million, an increase of $35 million from 2009. The city's general fund receives the biggest amount of funds from property taxes, followed by service fees such as solid waste compilation and swimming pool or golf course admission and 80% of its costs go to personnel costs. The town/city has given a several surveys for people to rate the character of life and town/city services.
The biggest department in the town/city is the enhance works department with a budget of $36.7 million. The police department is second with a budget of $22.4 million, while the fire department has a budget of $15 million. The parks department has $6.1 million, and the Davenport Public Library has a $3.8 million budget. At the federal level, Davenport is in Iowa's 2nd congressional district.
At the state level, Davenport is represented by the 41st, 42nd, and 43rd Iowa Senate districts and in the Iowa House of Representatives by the 81st, 84th, 85th, and 86th districts.
It is more conservative then other Davenport districts being represented by a Republican since the 1970s.
The precinct is slightly moving more liberal with an increase of 3,000 Democrats between 2006 and 2010. The precinct is represented by Republican Senator Roby Smith. The 42nd precinct covers the third of the town/city along with all of Scott County that is not in Davenport, Bettendorf, Riverdale, or Panorama Park as well as and southern non-urban Clinton County and is represented by Republican Senator Shawn Hamerlinck. The 43rd senate precinct covers the central third of the town/city and is represented by Democrat Joe Seng. The precinct is represented by Democrat Phyllis Thede. The 84th precinct covers the third of the city, and has the same easterly boundary as Senate precinct forty-two and is represented by Republican Ross Paustian. The 85th and 86th districts are made up of the same region as the forty-third senate district.
Davenport has a Federal Court House for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.
According to the 2010 United States Enumeration estimate, the town/city population interval to 99,685 and the Quad Cities urbane region interval to 379,690. As of the 2000 census, there were 98,359 citizens , 39,124 homeholds, and 24,804 families residing in the city.
Davenport's populace density is 30 times the average density of Iowa and 20 times the average density of the United States. However, it is about a third less than Des Moines and 20 percent less than Cedar Rapids, the only two metros/cities in Iowa with higher populations than Davenport.
Sioux City, the next town/city smaller than Davenport in population, has a density of 5 citizens more per square mile. The percent of all competitions, with the exception of white, are higher in Davenport, than Iowa averages, with the black populace in Davenport four times the average of Iowa. All competitions in Davenport, except for white are at a higher percent than the rest of Iowa, but lower than the United States.
Whites in Davenport, however, are lower than the Iowa average, but higher than the rest of the United States. Davenport's biggest workforce industry is manufacturing, with over 7,600 jobs in the sector. John Deere is the second biggest employer in the Quad Cities, after the Rock Island Arsenal as a whole.
Deere, however, is the biggest single employer, employing 7,200 workers in the Quad Cities and 948 on its north side Davenport plant. John Deere World Headquarters is positioned in Moline.
Other large employers in Davenport and the Quad Cities include, Genesis Health System with 5,125 employees and 4,900 in Davenport, Trinity Regional Health System with 3,333, county-wide grocery store Hy-Vee with 3,138 and the Davenport Community School District with 2,237 employees. Davenport is the command posts for department store Von Maur, which has 24 stores. Davenport is also the command posts of Lee Enterprises, which prints fifty daily newspapers and more than 300 weekly newspapers, shoppers, and specialty publications, along with online sites in 23 states. As of September 2009, the unemployment rate in Davenport and the rest of the Quad Cities, had risen to 8.4%. The median income for a homehold in the town/city is $40,378 with families earning $51,445. Males had a median income of $41,853 versus $30,002 for females. The per capita income for the town/city was $18,828.
Davenport has a lower cost of living than the nationwide average, in 2010 the average home price was $110,000; Forbes ranked Davenport as the best urbane region for cost of living, up from second in 2009. CNN Money ranked Davenport as the 16th most affordable housing in the country. The encircling Quad Cities have a several primary places of employment, including the Rock Island Arsenal, which is the biggest government-owned weapons manufacturing arsenal in the United States. KONE, Inc, a large manufacturer of elevators, is positioned in Moline, Illinois.
Davenport Register of Historic Properties and Quad Cities Landmarks Downtown Davenport has many points of interest including the Davenport Public Library, the Davenport Skybridge, Figge Art Museum, River Music Experience, Putnam Museum, the River - Center/Adler Theater, Modern Woodmen Park which is home of the Quad City River Bandits baseball team and the Centennial Bridge.
The Figge Art Museum in Downtown Davenport, Iowa.
Davenport's cultural and educational establishments include the Figge Art Museum, which homes The National Center for Midwest Art and Design, and was established in 1925 as the Davenport Municipal Art Gallery. The Putnam Museum, which was established in 1867 and was one of the first exhibitions west of the Mississippi River. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra, headquartered in downtown Davenport, was established in 1915. The Davenport Public Library was opened in 1839. The German American Heritage Center is positioned at the foot of the Centennial Bridge.
Uptown features a several historic landmarks such as the Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home which took in homeless kids from all of Iowa's ninety-nine counties following the Civil War and Ambrose Hall which was the initial building of St.
Davenport has a number of parks, including Credit Island park which has a bike path, baseball diamonds, tennis courts, and fishing along the Mississippi River.
Additional Parks and Recreation amenities: 50+ parks and facilities 25+ picnic areas and shelters 20+ miles of recreational trails 2 dog off leash parks Multiple natural prairies and no-mow zones 32 playgrounds 30 ball diamonds 17 outside basketball courts 8 tennis/pickle ball courts 8 volleyball courts 3 golf courses Foot - Golf course (Red Hawk Golf Course) 3 disc golf courses 8 river views Multiple lagoons and pond Various fishing locations including 3 boat launches 3 pools Spray park 3 splash pads Soccer complex Indoor ice and turf facility (The River's Edge) Skate park Iowa's only indoor human foosball (The River's Edge) Mobile surroundingal education trailer Mobile show wagon Botanical park and conservatory 5 fountains 2 lodges Cemetery Community center Several historic sites including a bandshell The second earliest children's theatre in America (Junior Theatre) Hudetz a resident of Bettendorf, Iowa, who wanted to bring to the Quad Cities some of the excitement he felt when he ran his first Boston Marathon. The first race had 84 participants, but today 12,000 to 18,000 runners take part. In late July or early August the six-day Great Mississippi Valley Fair features primary grandstand concerts, carnival rides, attractions, and food vendors. Sturgis on the River is a large annual gathering of motorcycles which includes bands and food vendors. Another big festival that takes place in Davenport is The Great Mississippi Valley Fair.
Davenport (along with neighboring Rock Island, Illinois), won the 2007 City Livability Award in the small-city category from the U.S.
Tom Cochran, Executive Director of the Conference, stated that the award "gives the Conference a chance to highlight mayoral leadership in making urban areas safer, cleaner and more livable." The award acknowledges achievements from the River - Vision plan of Davenport and Rock Island. Modern Woodmen Park is home to the Quad Cities River Bandits baseball team.
Davenport and the Quad Cities are home to many sports teams.
The Quad Cities River Bandits baseball team play games at Downtown Davenport's Modern Woodmen Park.
Davenport high schools are in the Mississippi Athletic Conference for sports.
Davenport has over fifty parks or recreational trails. Major parks include Credit Island, which is a 450-acre (1.8 km2) park in southwest Davenport positioned alongside the Mississippi River. Fejervary Park contains a pool and has had approximately 20,000 visitors each year since 1996. Junge Park is situated along the Duck Creek Parkway and includes baseball and softball fields, sand volleyball, and basketball courts. Le - Claire Park is positioned right on the banks of the Mississippi River next to Modern Woodmen Park.
Duck Creek Parkway extends from Emeis Park in west Davenport 8.26 miles (13.29 km) east to Bettendorf along Duck Creek.
The KWQC building was the first tv station in Davenport.
The Quad-City Times is based out of Davenport and The Dispatch/Rock Island Argus is based out of Moline.
An alternative no-charge newspaper, the River Cities' Reader, is presented in Davenport.
All four primary tv networks have stations in the area, including KWQC (NBC) and KLJB (Fox) in Davenport.
Davenport is one of eight metros/cities listed in the song "Iowa Stubborn" from the 1957 musical The Music Man.
Davenport amid and following the 1993 flood is a playable scenario in Sim City 2000 Scenarios Volume 1: Great Disasters. Davenport enhance schools serve nearly 17,000 students in the communities of Davenport, Blue Grass, Buffalo, and Walcott.
The Davenport Community School District is the second biggest school precinct in Iowa. Davenport has four enhance high schools: Central, West, Mid City and North and one private high school: Assumption.
There are six enhance intermediate schools and 23 enhance elementary schools. Sudlow, one of the intermediate schools, was titled after Phebe Sudlow, the first female enhance school superintendent in the United States. She was superintendent for Davenport schools from 1874 to 1878. The high schools are part of the Mississippi Athletic Conference for sports.
The Rock Island Centennial Bridge joins Downtown Davenport with Downtown Rock Island, Illinois Davenport is connected to the Illinois side of the Quad Cities by a total of three bridges athwart the Mississippi River.
The Government Bridge and the Centennial Bridge connect Downtown Davenport with the Rock Island Arsenal and downtown Rock Island, in the order given.
The I-280 Bridge joins the edge of Davenport with the edge of Rock Island.
Other highways include Iowa Highway 22, which is on the city's southwest side, and Iowa Highway 130, which runs along Northwest Boulevard on Davenport's north edge.
For air travel, Davenport Municipal Airport positioned adjoining to the city's northern town/city limits serves lesser airplane , and is the home of the annual Quad City Airshow.
Recreation trails intersect in Davenport: the Mississippi River Trail and the American Discovery Trail.
Amtrak presently does not serve Davenport or the Quad Cities.
In 2008, the two current United States Senators from Iowa, Tom Harkin and Chuck Grassley, Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, and former Senator Barack Obama sent a letter to Amtrak asking them to begin plans to bring rail service to the Quad Cities. In October 2010, a $230 million federal fund was announced that will bring Amtrak service to the Quad Cities, with a new line running from Moline to Chicago.
The building is shared with the small-town Davenport Citibus. Davenport does not have any river ports.
Davenport has an continuing "truck-eating bridge". The bridge, or rather three bridges, is a set of barns bridges that cross over north and southbound U.S.
Public transit appeared in Davenport in 1969 when the town/city created a City Transit Authority. The authority at first provided monetary support to Davenport City Lines Bus Company, which was a privately owned company.
After a several years the town/city purchased the Davenport City Lines and placed the operation of enhance transit under the jurisdiction of the City's Department of Municipal Transportation.
Electricity to Davenport, and the rest of the Iowa Quad Cities, is provided by Mid - American Energy Company.
Davenport is served by two hospitals: Genesis Medical Center East Rusholme Street and Genesis Medical Center West Central Park Avenue part of the Genesis Health System.
List of citizens from Davenport, Iowa Notable Davenporters include jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke, after whom the Bix 7 road race and jazz festival are named. The artist Isabel Bloom was raised in Davenport; she is the creator of decorative concrete figurines that bear her name. Sports figures born in Davenport include NFL running back Roger Craig, NFL offensive lineman Julian Vandervelde, former NBA guard Ricky Davis, former middleweight boxing champion Michael Nunn, UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler and experienced wrestler Seth Rollins.
African Americans in Davenport, Iowa Official rain records for the Quad Cities kept at the Weather Bureau Office (WBO) in Davenport, Iowa from July 1871 to December 1931, alternating between Quad City Int'l (KMLI) and the Davenport WBO from January 1932 to 17 February 1937, and remaining at KMLI since 18 February 1937.
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