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Davenport

county seat of Scott County, Iowa, United States
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Summary

Davenport is a city in the United States[1]. Davenport ranks in the top 2% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,281 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Scott County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Mississippi River[5]
  • Head of government: Mike Matson[6]
  • Instance of: county seat[7], big city[8]
  • Named after: George Davenport[9]
  • Twinned administrative body: Kaiserslautern[10], Dobrich[11], Ilhéus[12], County Carlow[13]
  • Postal code: 52801[14], 52802[15], 52803[16], 52804[17], 52805[18], 52806[19], 52807[20], 52808[21], 52809[22]
  • Commons category: Davenport, Iowa[23]
  • Located in time zone: Central Time Zone[24], Mountain Time Zone[25]
  • Local dialing code: 563[26]
  • Inception: May 14, 1836[27]
  • Official website: http://www.cityofdavenportiowa.com[28]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Davenport, Iowa[29]
  • Commons gallery: Davenport, Iowa[30]
  • Population: 102,157[31], 99,685[32], 101,724[33]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Davenport, Iowa[34]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[36], The New Student's Reference Work[37], Meyer’s Universum, Einundzwanzigster Band[38]
  • Capital of: Scott County[39]
  • Official name: Davenport[40]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Davenport, Iowa[41]
  • Category for people who died here: Q44092722[42]
  • Number of households: 40,261[43]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Davenport, Iowa[44]
  • Owner of: Modern Woodmen Park[45]

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Physical Characteristics

Areas include 168.387338 km²[46] and 168.539984 km²[47]. Davenport sits at an elevation of 180 m[48].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Davenport include Davenport Municipal Airport[49], an airport[50], in United States[51].

Why It Matters

Davenport has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] Davenport is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

Entities named for Davenport include Davenport Municipal Airport[49], an airport[50], in United States[51].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . davenportiowa.com. Retrieved . davenportiowa.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  41. [43] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [46] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  46. [47] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Mxn · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Domain name → davenport.ia.us
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Domain name: davenport.ia.us"
  2. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the statistical territorial entity → Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area
    Office held by head of government → Mayor of Davenport, Iowa
    Topic's main category → Category:Davenport, Iowa
    Instance of → —
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: davenport, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289924648|davenport (#289924648)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
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