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Michigan County History and atlases, digitized database, including Powers, Perry F., assisted by H.G. Cutler, A History of Northern Michigan and its People (1912) Michigan County names per the Michigan government. Archived July 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine; Table of dates counties laid out and organized; History of the name Sheboygan
East Lansing is located on land that was an important junction of two major Native American groups: the Potawatomi and the Fox. [5] By 1850, the Lansing and Howell Plank Road Company was established to connect a toll road to the Detroit and Howell Plank Road, improving travel between Detroit and Lansing, which cut right through what is now East Lansing.
M-21 passes east–west through Fowler, St. Johns, Shepardsville and Ovid. M-21 provides a link to Grand Rapids, approximately 66 miles (106 km) to the west, and Flint, about 45 miles (72 km) to the east. M-100 has a short segment in southwestern Clinton County. From a beginning at I-69 in Eaton County, it terminates at I-96 north of Grand Ledge.
Shiawassee County was added in 2018 after commuting flows increased enough for it to qualify as an "outlying county" [5] but was removed when core-based statistical areas (CBSAs) were re-delineated in 2023. [6] It forms a combined statistical area (CSA) with Metro Lansing designated the Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI CSA.
Okemos (/ ˈ oʊ k ə m ə s / OH-kə-məss) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Ingham County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population of the CDP was 25,121 at the 2020 census. Okemos is part of the urban area of Lansing–East Lansing, and is located nearby the campus of Michigan State University.
The Michigan State Capitol in Lansing. Since Lansing is the State Capitol, the number one employer in the Greater Lansing area is the State of Michigan, either with the Michigan Legislature, court system, or executive agencies. The Michigan State Police is headquartered in Lansing, and formerly called East Lansing Home. MSP also has regional ...
Vevay Township is a civil township of Ingham County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,606 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] The township is part of the Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area and mostly surrounds the city of Mason , but the two are administered autonomously.
Lansing is the only state capital in the United States located in a county of which it is not also the seat of government. The county is home to Michigan State University, Lansing Community College, and the Class A minor league baseball team Lansing Lugnuts. Ingham County is included in the Lansing–East Lansing, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area.