Davenport

Davenport, capital of Scott county, Iowa, on the Mississippi, opposite Rock Island (q.v.), 183 miles W. by S. of Chicago by rail. It is the seat of Griswold College (1859) and of several Catholic institutions, has extensive manufactures of flour, wooden and iron wares, and woollen goods, and is the shipping depot of a large grain trade. Pop. (1880) 21,831; (1890) 26,872.