Lansing Charter Township
| Lansing Charter Township, Michigan | |
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| Charter township | |
 Lansing Charter Township, Michigan
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| Coordinates: 42°45′26″N 84°31′43″W / 42.75722°N 84.52861°WCoordinates: 42°45′26″N 84°31′43″W / 42.75722°N 84.52861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Ingham |
| Organized | 1842 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.1 sq mi (13.1 km2) |
| • Land | 4.9 sq mi (12.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 869 ft (265 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 8,126 |
| • Density | 1,658.3/sq mi (640.3/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code(s) | 517 |
| FIPS code | 26-46020 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1626589 |
The Charter Township of Lansing is a charter township of Ingham County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 8,126. The township consists of five non-contiguous tracts of land: one on the west side of Lansing, three on the east side between Lansing and East Lansing, and one on the southeast side of Lansing.
The first white pioneer to purchase land in the township was Jacob F. Cooley in 1837. The township was organized in 1842 in the northwest corner of Ingham County and was named after the hometown of one of the township's original settlers. The township experienced its first loss of land in 1859 when the unincorporated settlement of Lansing officially incorporated as a city out of seven square miles near the center of the township.
The cities of Lansing and East Lansing have incorporated much of the land that formerly constituted the township reducing the township from its original 36 square miles (93 km2) to its current 4.9 square miles (13 km2).
The western section of the township is the largest, and it includes almost all of the township's industrial developments including the large General Motors Lansing Craft Center and General Motors Lansing Metal Center automobile factories, both of which were closed and shuttered in early 2006. It also contains the (closed) Waverly Golf Course and the adjacent West Michigan Avenue Park which includes a sledding hill and Little League Baseball field, both of which are owned and operated by the City of Lansing. At the north end of this section of the township north of Saginaw Highway (M-43) lies the CDP (census-designated place) of Edgemont Park.
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