From the Iowa State Gazeteer and Business Directory 1882:

WOLCOTT. A station on the I. div. C.R.I. & P. Ry, in Scott county, 12 miles west of  Davenport (c.h.) It has a church and public school. Ships grain, livestock and country produce. Population 300. Exp. U.S. Tel., W.U. Mail daily. B. Schwarting, postmaster.

Barther J., wagonmaker
Benewitz & Co., general store and insurance
Bock H., harnessmaker
Gruemmer H., hotel propr
Hintz L, general store
Jensen John, tailor
Kaldash M, blacksmith
Koehnke Theodore, harnessmaker
Mann W.J., wagonmaker
Peck G.E., railroad and express agent
Peters Henry, saloon
Schwarting B., flour mill
Sindt H.H., hotel propr.
Stockdale & Dietz, grain
Strubin & Popp, carpenters
Stutzer Charles, blacksmith
Welhmann C., saloon
Werner A., blacksmith
Wunrath W., tinsmith