Editing Little Falls, Minnesota (section)

==Geography==
Little Falls is located slightly west of the geographic center of Morrison County and sits on both sides of the Mississippi River, with the downtown area on the east side. The city is {{convert|33|mi}} north (upriver) of [[St. Cloud, Minnesota|St. Cloud]] and {{convert|31|mi}} south (downriver) of [[Brainerd, Minnesota|Brainerd]].

[[U.S. Route 10 in Minnesota|U.S. Highway 10]] and Minnesota State Highways [[Minnesota State Highway 27|27]] and [[Minnesota State Highway 371|371]] are three of the main routes in the city. US 10 leads south to St. Cloud and northwest {{convert|30|mi}} to [[Motley, Minnesota|Motley]]; Highway 27 leads east {{convert|13|mi}} to [[Pierz, Minnesota|Pierz]] and west {{convert|24|mi}} to [[Long Prairie, Minnesota|Long Prairie]]; and Highway 371 leads north to the Brainerd area.

Little Falls is the eastern terminus of [[Minnesota State Highway 28|Minnesota Highway 28]], which heads to [[Browns Valley, Minnesota|Browns Valley]] at its western terminus at the Minnesota–[[South Dakota]] border. Highway 28 is co-signed with Highway 27, 12 miles west of town, until it turns towards [[Swanville, Minnesota|Swanville]]. Highway 28 is unsigned until outside the city limits. [[Minnesota State Highway 238|State Highway 238]] is also nearby, linking Minnesota Highway 27 at Little Falls to [[Interstate 94 in Minnesota|Interstate 94]] (I-94) in [[Albany, Minnesota|Albany]], {{convert|35|mi}} south of Little Falls.

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the city of Little Falls has an area of {{convert|8.95|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|8.04|sqmi|sqkm|2}} are land and {{convert|0.91|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, or 1.02%, are water (the Mississippi River).<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023"/> A large ravine used to run through the east side business district, past the [[Morrison County Courthouse]] and the original Little Falls City Hall. The ravine served as an outflow for excess water from Fletcher Creek, which flows into the [[Mississippi River]] approximately {{convert|6|mi|0}} north of the city. Filling of the ravine began in the 1880s, to allow city development, and continued until the 1950s. It was directly filled with dirt in some locations, while in other places, buildings were built over the ravine.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Warner|first1=Mary|title=The Little Falls Ravine|date=9 December 2014|url=http://morrisoncountyhistory.org/?page_id=642|publisher=Morrison County Historical Society}}</ref>