POST MARK COLLECTORS CLUB - POST OFFICE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

Post Office: Davenport, IA 52801 (Scott County)
Date of Photo: circa 1910-20s
Contributor: Paul E. Petosky, Postmarks from the Past
Comments: Originally established in DES MOINES COUNTY, WISCONSIN TERRITORY on April 19, 1836 with Antoine Le Clerc as its first postmaster. Changed to SCOTT COUNTY by 1838. Changed to IOWA on December 28, 1846. Davenport Post Office pictured was constructed in 1891 and completed in 1892 and expanded with a wing in 1909.