From the Iowa State Gazeteer and Business Directory 1882: Wolcott, Scott County, Iowa Contributed by Cathy Labath ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WOLCOTT. A station on the I. div. C.R.I. & P. Ry, in Scott county, 12 miles west of Davenport (c.h.) It has a church and public school. Ships grain, livestock and country produce. Population 300. Exp. U.S. Tel., W.U. Mail daily. B. Schwarting, postmaster. Barther J., wagonmaker Benewitz & Co., general store and insurance Bock H., harnessmaker Gruemmer H., hotel propr Hintz L, general store Jensen John, tailor Kaldash M, blacksmith Koehnke Theodore, harnessmaker Mann W.J., wagonmaker Peck G.E., railroad and express agent Peters Henry, saloon Schwarting B., flour mill Sindt H.H., hotel propr. Stockdale & Dietz, grain Strubin & Popp, carpenters Stutzer Charles, blacksmith Welhmann C., saloon Werner A., blacksmith Wunrath W., tinsmith ========================================================================== 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. This file was prepared for the Iowa Archives by Cathy Labath ======================================================================