Editing Randall, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Randall was [[plat]]ted in 1890 and named for John H. Randall, a railroad official.<ref name="Upham 355">{{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/n374 355]}}</ref> A post office has been in operation at Randall since 1889.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Morrison | title=Morrison County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=21 July 2015}}</ref> Randall was incorporated in 1900.<ref name="Upham 355" />

===The Great Flood of 1972===
In the Great Flash Flood of July 21–22, 1972, the [[Little Elk River]] overflowed its banks, flooding downtown Randall and making the area impassable to vehicle traffic for several weeks. Local citizens reported that Randall received over {{convert|13|in|mm}} of rain in a single day during the deluge. Official precipitation data for the town do not exist, but the National Weather Service station in nearby [[Camp Ripley|Fort Ripley]] received {{convert|10.84|in|mm}} of rain in 24 hours during the flood, the second-biggest one-day rainfall ever recorded in Minnesota (15.10&nbsp;inches was officially recorded in Hokah, in southeast Minnesota, on August 18, 2007).

The damage from the deluge was exacerbated by its timing. The rain came just 12 days after a storm had dumped up to {{convert|7|in|mm}} of rain in the region, setting off an outbreak of flash floods in communities west of town. With the exception of Interstate 35, every major highway in the northern half of the state was closed from Alexandria to Wisconsin.