East Lansing is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Most of the city is within Ingham County, though a small portion lies in Clinton County. The population was 46,525 at the time of the 2000 census. It is best known as the home of Michigan State University.

History

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The settlement of East Lansing began around 1847, the same year nearby Lansing was made the capital of the state of Michigan. Downtown East Lansing was an important junction of two major Native American trails: the Okemah Road, and the Park Lake Trail. 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. The toll road was finished in 1853, and included seven tollhouses between Lansing and Howell.

With the founding of Michigan State University in 1855, the isolated community took on a new role, and the faculty of the university began building houses nearby. In 1907 Warren Babcock, 2nd mayor of East Lansing, built his house at 437 Abbott Road. He was a professor of Mathematics at Michigan State College at the time. That same year, the unincorporated village of Collegeville, and all of the other unincorporated settlements and subdivisions near the university were finally incorporated as a city, and named East Lansing.

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Another Wilco road trip... This time, East Lansing! I need to get some Michigan State stuff...
treyburroughs (Trey Burroughs) Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:42:24 -0000
Another Wilco road trip... This time, East Lansing! I need to get some Michigan State stuff...
RT @TomLeyden: In East Lansing for Michigan State's basketball media day. Spartans ranked 2nd 3rd in every major poll.
detsports (Detroit Sports) Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:38:24 -0000
RT @TomLeyden: In East Lansing for Michigan State's basketball media day. Spartans ranked 2nd 3rd in every major poll.
In East Lansing for Michigan State's basketball media day. Spartans ranked 2nd or 3rd in every major poll. Lots tonight from me at 5.
TomLeyden (Tom Leyden) Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:37:41 -0000
In East Lansing for Michigan State's basketball media day. Spartans ranked 2nd or 3rd in every major poll. Lots tonight from me at 5.
Man: "East Lansing is MY territory. What are you doing?" Woman: "I go where the buses go. If the buses go there, i go there" Still at it
emdee0823 (Miah Dillard) Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:05:40 -0000
Man: "East Lansing is MY territory. What are you doing?" Woman: "I go where the buses go. If the buses go there, i go there" Still at it
Finally back in East Lansing. I am not sure if I will be able to make it through the half of a day at the office.
ccerinojr (Carmen Cerino) Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:57:31 -0000
Finally back in East Lansing. I am not sure if I will be able to make it through the half of a day at the office.
@BJShea East Lansing Michigan is the home of Michigan State University
RemSaverem (Eve Eschenbacher) Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:50:50 -0000
@BJShea East Lansing Michigan is the home of Michigan State University

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