Editing Ada, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Ada was laid out in 1874 and incorporated on February 9, 1881.  It was named in honor of a daughter of William H. Fisher (the namesake of [[Fisher, Minnesota]]), of St. Paul, then attorney and superintendent of the [[Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad|St. Paul and Pacific Railroad]], under whose superintendency this line of the [[Red River Valley]] was constructed.<ref name="Upham 381">{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|year=1920|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n400 381]}}</ref>  A post office has been in operation at Ada since 1876.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Norman | title=Norman County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=July 26, 2015}}</ref>  As Norman County grew in the 1880s, they were outgrowing their current space being used as a county courthouse in Ada, and erecting a new building was on the horizon.  At the time, Norman County was bigger than today, with [[Twin Valley, Minnesota|Twin Valley]] roughly at the geographic center.  Starting in 1900, Twin Valley worked to rally support behind the goal of building the new courthouse there, turning it into the county seat as well. Two petitions and one vote later, Ada won the challenge.  In 1906, it became a moot point when [[Mahnomen County, Minnesota|Mahnomen County]] was formed, shrinking Norman County and making Ada the geographic center.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Johnson|first=Lenora|title=Under Prairie Skies|year=1976|pages=47–48}}</ref>