Editing Dalton, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Dalton was [[plat]]ted in 1882 by Ole C. Dahl, and named after him.<ref name="Upham 393">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog | title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance | publisher=Minnesota Historical Society | last=Upham | first=Warren | year=1920 | page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n412 393]}}</ref> A post office has been in operation at Dalton since 1882.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Otter+Tail | title=Otter Tail County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=July 28, 2015}}</ref> Dalton was incorporated in 1905.<ref name="Upham 393" />

===2020 Tornado===
{{see also|2020 Ashby–Dalton tornado}}
On July 8, 2020, areas south and east of Dalton were struck by a violent [[Enhanced Fujita scale|EF4]] tornado that significantly damaged or destroyed three farmsteads. There was one death, and two injuries.<ref>{{Cite web|last=US Department of Commerce|first=NOAA|title=Review of the damaging EF-4 tornado across west central Minnesota on July 8th, 2020|url=https://www.weather.gov/fgf/2020_07_08_Tornadoes|access-date=July 10, 2020|website=www.weather.gov|language=EN-US}}</ref>