Why visit Walcott
Townapedia lists 6 parks and trails, 1 place to eat and 1 place to stay in and around town.
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 84°F; January lows average 14°F.
Weather in Walcott
Forecast from the National Weather Service. Full forecast
About Walcott
Walcott (/ˈwɔlkɔt/ WAWL-cawt, sometimes locally [ˈwɔlkət]) is a city in Muscatine and Scott counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 1,551 at the time of the 2020 census. Walcott's interchange on Interstate 80 is home to an enormous complex of restaurants, motels and truck stops, including the Iowa 80 truck stop, which is the world's largest.
From the Wikipedia article Walcott, Iowa (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Parks, trails and playgrounds6
Restaurants and cafes1
Where to stay1
Churches and places of worship1
History
The City of Walcott was originally platted in 1854. The first passenger train route west of the Mississippi River began service in 1855 and helped Walcott grow. William Walcott, who was a director of Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, donated $500 in 1855 for the construction of a school building, with the stipulation that the fledgling town along the railroad tracks near Davenport be named after him.
Long before Walcott was even a vision to William Walcott, it was a great expanse of open prairie inhabited by the Kaskaskia people. The Kaskaskias were later driven out of the Quad Cities area by the renegade Meskwaki tribe. This tribe, a splinter of the Canadian Iroquois, was America's largest Indian nation.
In 1857, much of the Walcott land was sold for as low as 75 cents an acre, enabling many German and Scotch-Irish immigrants to settle in the area. Many of the Scotch-Irish worked for the railroad builders and settled on the farmland south and west of the town. While they contributed much to the early development of Walcott, circa 1871 they began to move farther west. Most of the German settlers were from Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany, and some came from eastern and southern Germany. By 1910, nearly 90 percent of the farmland in Scott County was owned by German immigrants or their descendants.
From the History section of Walcott, Iowa on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gas and EV charging2
Schools, colleges and libraries5
Map of Walcott
16 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
Climate by month
Monthly table
| Month | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30°F | 14°F | 1.1 in |
| Feb | 34°F | 18°F | 1.4 in |
| Mar | 48°F | 29°F | 2.3 in |
| Apr | 61°F | 39°F | 3.6 in |
| May | 72°F | 51°F | 4.8 in |
| Jun | 81°F | 61°F | 4.7 in |
| Jul | 84°F | 64°F | 4.1 in |
| Aug | 82°F | 62°F | 4.0 in |
| Sep | 76°F | 53°F | 3.5 in |
| Oct | 63°F | 42°F | 2.7 in |
| Nov | 48°F | 30°F | 2.2 in |
| Dec | 35°F | 20°F | 1.6 in |
U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 for Davenport (10 mi away), NOAA NCEI.
People and cost of living
American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024, U.S. Census Bureau. Estimates have margins of error, larger for small towns.
Disaster history
Muscatine County has had 13 federal disaster declarations since 2000, most often for severe storms.
- 2024-05-24: Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding (Severe Storm)
- 2020-08-17: Severe Storms (Severe Storm)
- 2020-03-23: Covid-19 Pandemic (Biological)
- 2020-03-13: Covid-19 (Biological)
- 2019-03-23: Severe Storms And Flooding (Flood)
- 2014-08-05: Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding (Severe Storm)
OpenFEMA disaster declarations summaries.
Getting there and nearby towns
Davenport Municipal Airport (DVN) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 10 miles away.
- Davenport 9 mi east, about 15 min by car
- Buffalo 9 mi south, about 14 min by car
- Andalusia 11 mi south, about 18 min by car
- Rock Island 13 mi southeast, about 21 min by car
- Milan 15 mi southeast, about 25 min by car
- Bettendorf 16 mi east, about 25 min by car
- Moline 17 mi southeast, about 27 min by car
- Kent Estates 17 mi southwest, about 27 min by car
- Muscatine 19 mi southwest, about 30 min by car
- East Moline 21 mi east, about 33 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB, the NEMICO news database.
Reviews, tips and questions
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Sources and licences
- NCES EDGE (Public domain): public schools
- NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 (Public domain): climate by month
- OpenFEMA (Public domain): disaster declarations
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- U.S. Census Bureau (Public domain): population, income, housing, education, commute
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Walcott, Iowa, Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0
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