From the 1882 Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory: Durant, Cedar County, Iowa Contributed by Cathy Labath ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DURANT. Situated in the extreme southeast corner of Cedar county, is the station on the C., R. I. & P.R.R. ? miles west of Davenport and 24 southeast of Tipton (c h). Three churches, a high and common school are here. Nearest bank is at Wilton. Population 500. Exp. U.S. Tel., W.U. Mail,daily. D. Pingrey, postmaster. Bahl Henry, harnessmaker. Baldt C, paints, oils, etc. Benthain M, general store. Bills E B, physician. Bohstidt M C, justice of peace. Brown B W, railroad and express agent. Burkamp Wm, wagonmaker. Deitz John, blacksmith. Dunn James, saloon. Gordon C F, constable. Heinley __,live stock. Herring T, saloon. Hindermarsh F, shoemaker. Horst J H, wagonmaker. Kall H, saloon. Kolster G A & Co, grain. Loomis & Barr, live stock. Muse Henry, shoemaker. Oft C, shoemaker. Orcutt C, real estate agent. Pingrey D, general store and lumber. Rahlfs John, blacksmith. Riddle R, hotel propr. Schrader & Bahstadt, general store. Tull C, saloon. ====================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for their private use as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Prepared for the Iowa Archives by: Cathy Labath ======================================================================