MUSCATINE, a city of the United States, the county seat of Muscatine county, Iowa, is built on a rocky bluff on the west bank of the Mississippi, at the apex of what is known as the Great Bend. It carries on a large business in lumber, milling, canning fruits and vegetables, <fcc. Settled in 1836, and incorporated as a city in 1853, it increased its population from 5324 in 1860 to 8295 in 1880.