It was the last of the county's townships to be surveyed, and the land was not offered for sale until October 1830. The land that was to become Lansing was surveyed as "Township 4 North Range 2 West" in February 1827 in what was then dense forest. The first recorded person of European descent to travel through the area that is now Lansing was British fur trader Hugh Heward and his French-Canadian team on April 24, 1790, while canoeing the Grand River.
The seat of government of Ingham County is Mason, but the county maintains some offices in Lansing. state capital (among the 47 located in counties) that is not also a county seat. It is the site of the Michigan State Capitol, the state Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, a federal court, the Library of Michigan and Historical Center, and headquarters of four national insurance companies. The area features two medical schools, one veterinary school, two nursing schools, and two law schools. Neighboring East Lansing is home to Michigan State University, a public research university with an enrollment of more than 50,000. The Lansing metropolitan area, colloquially referred to as "Mid-Michigan", is an important center for educational, cultural, governmental, commercial, and industrial functions. It was named the new state capital of Michigan in 1847, ten years after Michigan became a state.
The population of its metropolitan statistical area ( MSA) was 541,297 at the 2020 census, the third largest in the state after metropolitan Detroit and Grand Rapids. The 2020 census placed the city's population at 112,644, making it the sixth largest city in Michigan. It is mostly in Ingham County, although portions of the city extend west into Eaton County and north into Clinton County. Lansing ( / ˈ l æ n s ɪ ŋ/) is the capital of the U.S.
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