Crime Scene and Trauma Cleanup in Davenport, IA

Davenport is the county seat of Scott County and, with a population of 101,724 at the 2020 census, it is the third-largest city in Iowa and the largest of the Quad Cities on the Mississippi River.

Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by Antoine Le Claire, a U.S. Army interpreter, and was named for his friend Colonel George Davenport, a War of 1812 veteran stationed at nearby Fort Armstrong; the city was incorporated on January 25, 1839.

Davenport sits on the Mississippi River on Iowa's eastern border, roughly halfway between Chicago and Des Moines, and anchors a Quad Cities metropolitan area of about 384,000 people.

The first railroad bridge ever built across the Mississippi River was completed at Davenport in 1856, linking the city to Rock Island, Illinois; weeks later the steamboat Effie Afton crashed into it, and Abraham Lincoln defended the railroad in the famous lawsuit that followed.

Davenport is the birthplace of chiropractic — Palmer College of Chiropractic, founded in 1897 by Daniel David Palmer, was the first chiropractic school in the world, and the first chiropractic adjustment took place in the city.

Davenport is also home to St. Ambrose University, a private Catholic university founded in 1882.

Jazz cornet legend Bix Beiderbecke was born in Davenport, and the city honors him every summer with the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival and the internationally known Bix 7, a seven-mile road race.

Davenport has more than 50 parks and facilities covering roughly 2,200 acres of parkland, plus more than 20 miles of recreational trails for biking and walking.

The Davenport Community School District serves roughly 16,000 students across Davenport and the neighboring communities of Blue Grass, Buffalo, and Walcott.

Davenport's Claim House, built in 1832 or 1833 by George L. Davenport, son of the city's namesake, is believed to be the oldest structure in the city.