The “worst town in America” was in the Quad-Cities … at least in 1903, according to one source.
The Davenport Public Library will host “Davenport’s Bucktown in 1903: ‘Worst Town in America’: at 6 p.m. Monday in an online presentation.
A 1903 editorial in the Chicago Record-Herald claimed Davenport swiped New York City’s title as the “Worst Town in America.”
Join author Jonathan Turner, who wrote “A Brief History of Bucktown: Davenport’s Infamous District Transformed,” who will talk about what earned Bucktown such a dubious “honor.”
Registration is required to receive Zoom meeting details at
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit or call 563-326-7832.
