Editing Randolph, Kansas (section)

==History==
Randolph was originally called '''Waterville''', and under the latter name was laid out in 1856.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2 | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC/page/n538 548]}}</ref> It was renamed Randolph in honor Gardner Randolph, a pioneer settler.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ | title=Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas State Historical Society | publisher=Kansas State Printing Plant | author=Kansas State Historical Society | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ/page/n382 275]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=4968 | title=Profile for Randolph, Kansas | publisher=[[ePodunk]] | accessdate=22 June 2014}}</ref>

Randolph was originally located a mile east of its present location.  When the [[Tuttle Creek Lake|Tuttle Creek]] reservoir began filling up in 1962, it affected ten towns and entirely submerged four of them (from north to south): [[Cleburne, Kansas|Cleburne]] at {{Coord|39|31|49|N|96|38|6|W|display=inline}}, Randolph, [[Garrison Cross, Kansas|Garrison Cross]] and [[Stockdale, Kansas|Stockdale]]. The only town to rebuild elsewhere was Randolph, where the streets are named after the submerged towns.

The ruins of the original town are visible on the north side of Kansas Highway 16 as it crosses the lake. The downtown of the original settlement is above the waterline on an island in the marshes at the northern tip of the lake. The island is occasionally accessible by foot when Fancy Creek is low, but the channels of Fancy Creek and the [[Big Blue River (Kansas)|Big Blue River]] shift frequently making access to the ruins unpredictable. This is locally known as "Old Randolph."{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}}