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Note: Located on Grand river where it joins the Red Cedar river; site was wilderness in 1847 when state capital was moved here; grew with arrival of railroad & development of motor industry in 1880s; now produces automobiles.

Names:
Lansing (preferred,C,V)  ............ renamed in 1848 for the township where it was located, which in turn was named for Lansing, New York
Michigan (H,V)  ............ original name, used until 1848

Hierarchical Position:
 ................  Ingham (county) (P)
 ....................  Lansing (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
 ....................  Lansing (inhabited place)
 
 ................  Eaton (county) (P)
 ....................  Lansing (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled in 1847, incorporated in 1859
city (C)
state capital (C)  ............  moved here from Detroit in 1847
industrial center (C)  ............  since 1880s
transportation center (C)  ............  hub for road & rail traffic since 1850s
educational center (C)

Related geographic places:
capital of ....  Michigan .......... (state)
..................  (World, North and Central America, United States) [7007520]

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