Editing Richmond, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Richmond was [[plat]]ted in 1856 by Reuben Richardson,<ref name="place name"/> a farmer from [[Sauk Rapids, Minnesota|Sauk Rapids]] who later served in [[Minnesota Legislature]].<ref name="reurich">{{cite web |title=Richardson, Reuben M. "R.M." |url=https://www.leg.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?ID=14516 |website=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library |publisher=[[Minnesota Legislature]] |access-date=October 15, 2020}}</ref> The name "Richmond" may come from the surname of an early settler,<ref name="place name">{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n543 526]}}</ref> the surname of Richardson's wife, or an early surveyor.<ref name="125years"/> The original plat was a seven [[city block|block]] by seven block square piece of land. Two years later, land owned by G.H. Brauning (also spelled Bruening), on the eastern side of the town, was added to Richmond's plat.<ref name="University of Minnesota">{{cite web | url=https://reflections.mndigital.org/catalog/stearns:389 | title= (Cartographic) 1896 Plat Book of Stearns County, Minnesota,(1896) | author=Foote, Charles M., 1849-1899 | access-date=October 15, 2020 | publisher=Stearns History Museum}}</ref><ref name="stearnscohistory">{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=William Bell |title=History of Stearns County, Minnesota |date=1915 |publisher=H.C. Cooper, Jr. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1J8yAQAAMAAJ |access-date=October 15, 2020}}</ref> The town was incorporated in 1890, but went by the name Torah, because there was [[Richmond Township, Winona County, Minnesota|another town in southeastern Minnesota named Richmond]].<ref name="125years"/> The same year of its incorporation, a [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]] station was built.<ref name="railroad">{{cite web |title=Stearns County |url=http://west2k.com/mnstations/stearns.shtml |website=Minnesota Railroad Stations Past and Present |access-date=October 15, 2020}}</ref> The town's post office and railroad station was named Torah until 1909, when the other Richmond's post office closed. Following this, the name changed to Richmond, a name that locals identified with.<ref name="125years">{{cite news |last1=Rajkowski |first1=Frank |title=Richmond looks back on 125 years (and more) |url=https://www.sctimes.com/story/news/local/2015/07/11/richmond-looks-back-years/30022463/ |access-date=October 9, 2020 |work=[[St. Cloud Times]] |date=July 11, 2015}}</ref>

The [[pontoon boat]] was invented in Richmond in the 1950s by Ambrose Weeres, who was involved in the milling business, and Edwin Torborg, a farmer who manufactured [[feed mixer]]s.<ref name="125years"/>