Davenport is the largest city located along the
Mississippi River in
Scott County,
Iowa,
United States. Davenport is the
county seat of and largest city in Scott County; it is also the largest of the
Quad Cities, a metropolitan area with a population estimate of 382,630 and a
CSA population of 474,226, making it the 90th largest CSA in the nation. Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by
Antoine LeClaire and was named for his friend,
George Davenport, a colonel during the
Black Hawk War stationed at nearby
Fort Armstrong. According to the
2010 census, the city had a population of 99,685 (making it Iowa's third-largest city). However, the city is currently appealing this figure, arguing that the Census Bureau missed a section of residents that would place the total population over 100,000, and indeed, even the Census Bureau's own
estimate for Davenport's 2011 population is 100,802.