Lansing
| Lansing | |
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| Nickname : Capital City, L-Town, "The Heart of Michigan" | |
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| Location in Michigan | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1835 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Michigan |
| Counties : |
Ingham County Eaton County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 44 ′ N , 84 ° 33 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
116,020 (as of 2016) 475,099 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 1,277.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 91.3 km 2 (approx. 35 mi 2 ) of which 90.8 km 2 (approx. 35 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 262 m |
| Postcodes : | 48901-48980 |
| Area code : | +1 517 |
| FIPS : | 26-46000 |
| GNIS ID : | 1625035 |
| Website : | www.cityoflansingmi.com |
| Mayor : | Virg Bernero (D) |
 Michigan State Capitol |
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Lansing is the capital of the US state Michigan .
geography
Lansing is located in Ingham County south of central Michigan at the confluence of the Red Cedar River with the Grand River . The landscape is flat, sparsely forested and characterized by agriculture.
Lansing is the only capital in the United States that is not the seat of the county in which it is located.
The city center is structured like a chessboard, the cityscape is determined by a few skyscrapers and a financial district.
history
The Ottawa , Potawatomi and Ojibway ( Anishinabe ) tribes originally lived in the Lansing area. In 1847, the capital of Michigan was relocated from Detroit to the wild inland. The place was originally called Michigan, Michigan and then renamed Lansing, Michigan , after the origins of many of the Lansing , New York settlers . At that time there was only a log house and a sawmill on the site . After the village was established, town charter was granted in 1857 .
Ransomed Eli Olds and Frank G. Clark founded an automobile plant and built the first Oldsmobile . The plant still exists today as General Motors ' Lansing Grand River Assembly .
Culture and sights
- Michigan State Capitol , built 1873–1879
- African World Museum
- RE Olds Transportation Museum, with the first Oldsmobile from 1897
- WJ Beal Botanical Garden , oldest of its kind in the USA from 1873
- Lansing is the seat of the Lansing Diocese .
The Michigan State Capitol is a National Historic Landmark in Lansing . 31 buildings and sites in the city are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of November 6, 2018).
Town twinning
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Akuapim , Ghana
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Belmopan , Belize
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Guadalajara , Mexico
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Ōtsu , Japan
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Saint Petersburg , Russia
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Saltillo , Mexico
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Sanming , China
Friendly Cities:
education
The Michigan State University is located on the Red Cedar River in East Lansing.
She has one of the best wrestling teams in America.
sons and daughters of the town
- Tommie Boyd (born 1971), football player
- Timothy Busfield (born 1957), actor
- Roy D. Chapin (1880–1936), entrepreneur and politician
- David N. Cutler (* 1942), software engineer
- Barbara de Koy (born 1954), actress
- Eric DeLamarter (1880–1953), composer
- John Adrian Delaney (* 1956), politician
- Edward George Farhat (1924-2003), professional wrestler
- Jonathan Farwell (born 1932), film actor
- Paul Gentilozzi (* 1950), racing car driver and racing team owner
- Ra'Shede Hageman (born 1990), American football player
- Thom Hartmann (* 1951), journalist, author and radio host
- Ahney Her (born 1992), actress
- J. Hunter Holly (1932-1982), science fiction writer
- Madison Hubbell (* 1991), ice dancer
- John Hughes (1950–2009), film director, producer and screenwriter
- Dick Hyde (1936–2019), jazz and studio musician
- Magic Johnson (born 1959), basketball player
- Bob Kindred (1940-2016), jazz musician
- Ioannis Koufis (* 1965), American-Greek ice hockey player
- Frederic C. Lane (1900–1984), economic historian ( Republic of Venice )
- Lawrence Leathers (1981-2019), jazz musician (drums)
- Matthew Lillard (born 1970), actor
- William Malone (* 1953), director of horror films
- Kelly Miller (* 1963), ice hockey player and coach
- Kevin Miller (born 1965), ice hockey player
- Kip Miller (born 1969), ice hockey player
- Susan Montgomery (* 1943), mathematician
- Alexei Panshin (* 1940), science fiction writer and critic
- Susan May Pratt (born 1974), actress
- Carl Benton Reid (1893–1973), actor
- Burt Reynolds (1936-2018), film actor
- Steven Seagal (born 1952), film actor
- Drew Stanton (born 1984), football player
- Gary Starkweather (1938-2019), engineer and inventor
- Suzanne Toolan (* 1927), teacher, musician and composer
- Lebbeus Woods (1940–2012), architect and university professor
- Gretchen Whitmer (* 1971), politician
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of NHL by State . National Park Service , accessed November 6, 2018.
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed November 6, 2018.
- ↑ "friendship cities" ( Memento from August 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
