Iowa Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1884-1885 LONG GROVE. A village on the M. br. C., M. & St. P. Ry, in Winfield township, Scott county, 170 miles east of Des Moines, and 12 north of Davenport, the county seat and nearest banking point. Settled in 1836, it contains a Christian church, and ships grain and live stock. Population, 150. Tel., W. U., Exp., U.S. Mail, daily. S.D. Richardson, postmaster. Ahrens Henry, shoemaker. Bluhm Charles F, saloon. Brownlee Bros., live stock. Heyden Theodore, saloon. Martindale Thomas, blacksmith. Owen W E. railroad and express agt. Peterson Daniel, blacksmith Richardson O W & Co., General Store. Skinin John, horse dealer. Williamson A, justice of peace. Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm