SCOTT, county, Iowa. Situated in the E. part of the ter., and contains 540 sq. ms. The surface is gently rolling; soil, very fertile. The Mississippi r. bounds it on the 8. K., and Wabesipinica r. runs on its N. border. Drained by Allen's, Duck, and Crow creeks. Capital, Davenport. There were in 1840, neat cattle 2,375, sheep 273, swine 5,643; wheat 25,740 bush, produced, Ind. corn 46,057, oats 11,720, potatoes 30,002; 16 stores, cap. $46,500; 1 distillery, 1 pottery, 2 flouring m., 3 grist m., 9 saw m., 1 printing office, 1 weekly newspaper. Cap. in maim fac. $49,350. 1 acad. 25 students, 5 sch. 123 scholars. Pop. 2,140. (Haskell's Complete Descriptive and Statistical Gazetteer of the the United States...,1840)
SCOTT COUNTY, Ia., c. h. at Davenport. Bounded N. by Clinton co., E. and S. by the Mississippi River, separating it from Illinois, and W. by Muscatine and Cedar counties. Wabesipinica River runs on its N. E. border, and Allen's, Duck, and Crow Creeks drain the interior. (Gazetteer of the United States of America, 1854)