26 Facts About Davenport Iowa

Several annual music festivals take place in Davenport Iowa, including the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, the Mississippi Valley Fair, and the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival.

Davenport Iowa has 50 plus parks and facilities, as well as more than 20 miles of recreational paths for biking or walking.

Davenport Iowa founded Davenport on May 14, 1836, naming it for his friend Colonel George Davenport, who was stationed at Fort Armstrong during the war.

Davenport Iowa had an economic boom during and after World War II, driven by wartime industry and peacetime demand.

Davenport Iowa often makes national headlines when it suffers seasonal flooding by the Mississippi River.

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Davenport Iowa residents prefer to maintain open access to the river for parks and vistas rather than have it cut off by dikes and levees.

Davenport Iowa has adopted ordinances requiring any new construction in the floodplain to be elevated above the 100-year-flood level, or protected with walls.

An example of a Davenport Iowa building that is elevated or flood-proofed is the Figge Art Museum.

Lindsay Park, in The Village of East Davenport Iowa, was used as parade grounds for Civil War soldiers from Camp McClellan.

Also in central Davenport Iowa, the Vander Veer Park Historic District is a neighborhood anchored by Vander Veer Park, a large park with a botanical garden and a fountain.

Today, the eastern side of Davenport Iowa still contains many of the higher class houses in the city.

The old Civil War parade grounds, in The Village of East Davenport Iowa, have been turned into Lindsay Park, which is surrounded by small specialty shops.

Davenport Iowa promised a more business-like government, in terms of financial responsibility and to depoliticize the police department.

At the state level, Davenport is represented by the 45th, 46th, and 47th Iowa Senate districts and in the Iowa House of Representatives by the 89th, 90th, 92nd, 93rd, and 94th districts.

Davenport Iowa is the headquarters for department store Von Maur, which has 24 stores.

Davenport Iowa is the headquarters of Lee Enterprises, which publishes fifty daily newspapers and more than 300 weekly newspapers, shoppers, and specialty publications, along with online sites in 23 states.

Davenport Iowa has a lower cost of living than the national average, in 2010 the average home price was $110, 000; Forbes ranked Davenport Iowa as the best metropolitan area for cost of living, up from second in 2009.

Davenport Iowa has a number of parks, including Credit Island park which has a bike path, baseball diamonds, tennis courts, and fishing along the Mississippi River.

Davenport Iowa is home to Daytrotter, a recording studio and venue which has hosted and recorded many different indie-rock bands throughout the country.

Davenport Iowa has four public high schools: Central, West, Mid City and North and one private high school: Assumption.

Davenport Iowa's was superintendent for Davenport schools from 1874 to 1878.

Davenport Iowa is connected to the Illinois side of the Quad Cities by a total of three bridges across the Mississippi River.

The authority at first provided monetary support to Davenport Iowa City Lines Bus Company, which was a privately owned company.

Davenport Iowa 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.

The artist Isabel Bloom was raised in Davenport Iowa; she is the creator of decorative concrete figurines that bear her name.

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Sports figures born in Davenport Iowa 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, NFL wide receiver Kenny Shedd and professional wrestler Seth Rollins.