Iowa Gazetteer and Business Directory 1884-85 WOLCOTT. A village on the C., R.I. & P. Ry, in Blue Grass township, Scott county, 168 miles east of Des Moines, and 12 northwest of Davenport, the county seat and nearest banking point. Settled in 1854. Ships grain, live stock, produce, etc. Telephone communication. Population, 350. Tel., W.U. Exp., U.S. Mail, daily. B. Schwarting, postmaster. Benewitz & Co., general store and ins. Bock H, harnessmaker. Buenning Henry, blacksmith. Burtscher J, wagonmaker. Guremnaer H, hotel. Hintz L, general store. Ihms Claus, carpet weaver. Koehnke Theodore, harnessmaker. Kroeger John, shoemaker. Mann W.J., wagonmaker. Nielson Claus, brick and stone mason. Peek G E, railroad and express agent. Peters Henry, saloon. Pruemmer H, telephone office. Ruye C, shoemaker. Schrerber H, notary and book agent. Schwarting B, Flour Mill. Sindt H.H, hotel. Stockdale & Dietz, grain. Stoekel Martin, brick and stone mason. Strubin & Popp, carpenters. Weihmann C, saloon. Werner A, blacksmith. ELDRIDGE. A village at the junction of the D. line and M. branch of the C.M. & St. P. Ry, in Sheridan township, Scott county, 165 miles north of Davenport, the county seat and nearest banking point. It has a Presbyterian church and public school. Ships grain and live stock. Population, 110. Tel., W.U. Exp., U.S. Mail, daily. E.V. Van Eps, postmaster. Boecken C, hotel. Calkins R M, railroad and express agent. McDowell & Quinn, meat market. Merriott J H, painter. Remmerer Dr. C.T., druggist. Ross J.W., barbed wire. Sweis Henry, blacksmith. Thompson J.C., saloon. Van Eps E V., General Store. 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. Aherns 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