Quad Cities

English 400 Quad Cities.svg 155 156 Map of Illinois and Iowa showing the highlighted counties that are in the Quad Cities region Quad Cities Montage.jpg 371 593 A montage of pictures from the Quad City metro area Proper noun sp Quad Cities 1 Quad City Quad-City A region of cities (originally four) in the U.S. states of Iowa and Illinois: Davenport and Bettendorf in southeastern Iowa, and Rock Island, Moline and East Moline in northwestern Illinois. en Civil Aeronautics Board Reports 28 1959 799 The total population of the Quad Cities in 1950 was 184,493 while the metropolitan area population was 234,256. 20 May 2002 Jodi Wilgoren Midwest Towns Feel Gambling Is a Sure Thing https://web.archive.org/web/20150527212904/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/20/us/midwest-towns-feel-gambling-is-a-sure-thing.html Before casinos, the Quad Cities "was just a river stop on I-80 -⁠- a lot of people would stop and say, 'Gee, is that the Mississippi River Mark Twain wrote about?' " said Bernie Goldstein, a a Bettendorf scrap-metal magnate who turned the first riverboat into the 14-casino Isle of Capri chain. en Aleatha Romig Convicted 2013 978-0-9884891-4-1 The rest of the afternoon was spent back in front of the fire, discussing art and upcoming events in the Quad Cities. 13 October 2017 Peter Kujawinski Along the Mississippi https://web.archive.org/web/20171013114255/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/travel/along-the-mississippi.html We could have stayed there for a while, but the Quad Cities were only 160 miles west of Chicago, and we had a lot more of the Mississippi River to see. en Margaret Littman Moon Nashville to New Orleans Road Trip: Natchez Trace Parkway, Memphis, Tupelo, Mississippi Blues Trail Avalon Travel 2018 978-1-63121-579-7 Don’t forget to get gas in the Quad Cities before heading back to the Trace. Derived terms en Quad Citian Further reading en Geographic and cultural areas of the United States Category:Illinois, USA Category:Iowa, USA