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Why is it called quad city? ›
1. First Things First: The Name Is A Misnomer. The Quad Cities region encompasses five cities total: Bettendorf, Davenport, Moline, East Moline and Rock Island. The name originates from a time before Bettendorf was considered its own city, and the name“Quint Cities” never quite took.
What is the name of the newspaper in Davenport, Iowa? ›The Quad-City Times is a daily newspaper published in Davenport, Iowa. The paper is owned by Lee Enterprises, which owns newspapers in over 50 midwestern markets and publishes the Quad-City Times and The Muscatine Journal under the umbrella of the Quad-Cities Group.
Where is the Quad City Times located? ›Quad-City Times
| The July 27, 2005 front page of the Quad-City Times | |
|---|---|
| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Headquarters | 500 E. Third St. Davenport, Iowa 52801 U.S. |
| Circulation | 22,116 Daily 23,685 Sunday (as of 2023) |
| Website | qctimes.com |
The Quad City metro population is 382,268.
What is the black population in the Quad Cities? ›Black alone (non-Hispanic) population (2020)
| City | Population | % Black |
|---|---|---|
| Davenport | 101,724 | 11.63% |
| Cedar Rapids | 137,710 | 10.28% |
| Waterloo | 67,314 | 17.87% |
| Iowa City | 74,828 |
"Sugar" (2008)
He plays for a minor league baseball team in the fictional city of Bridgetown, Iowa. That team just so happens to be the Quad Cities River Bandits, then called the Swing of the Quad Cities. Some of the team's players even featured in the film with their real last names.
| Newspaper | Location |
|---|---|
| 1 The Des Moines Register | Des Moines |
| 2 Quad-City Times | Davenport |
| 3 The Gazette | Cedar Rapids |
| 4 Sioux City Journal | Sioux City |
The first newspaper in Iowa was the Du Buque Visitor, established in 1836 before Iowa was a state. The current Dubuque paper, the Telegraph Herald, can trace its history back to the Visitor.
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Davenport–Moline–Clinton, Muscatine, Iowa–Illinois Combined Statistical Area
| Greater Quad Cities CSA | |
|---|---|
| State | Iowa Illinois |
| Largest city | Davenport, Iowa |
| Other cities | Moline, Illinois Bettendorf, Iowa Rock Island, Illinois East Moline, Illinois |
| Area | |
Who owns Quad Cities Times? ›
The Quad-City Times is among 53 daily newspapers owned by Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (NYSE: LEE).
What four cities make up the Quad Cities? ›The Quad Cities is a six-county, bi-state region that's home to 470,000 people. The four small cities that form the core of the metropolitan area (Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa, Moline and Rock Island, Illinois) have about 225,000 people.
What is the average household income in the Quad Cities? ›In 2022, Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL had a population of 383k people with a median age of 40 and a median household income of $68,395.
What do they call the Quad Cities? ›Quad Cities, complex of cities at the Iowa-Illinois border, on the Mississippi River, U.S. Despite its name, the region includes five main cities: Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline, Illinois, and Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa.
Why is it called the quad on campus? ›Quadrangles: a brief history
In the little-known field that is campus architecture and planning, however, quad is shorthand for quadrangle, a very particular form of space that – and this is key – is nearly or completely surrounded by buildings. In other words, it's an open space in a closed area.
In 1996, Ski and Lemonhead enlisted singer JeLanna “Lana” LaFleur and formed Quad City DJ's; the term "Quad" in the group's name is a local reference to bass. In February 1996, they released the single "C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)".
What three cities make up the Quad Cities? ›Life in the Quad Cities
Rock Island is part of the Quad Cities area which consists of Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline in Illinois, and Davenport and Bettendorf on the Iowa side of the river. The Quad Cities area combined population is close to 400,000.
