East Lansing, Michigan on West Grand River Avenue also celebrated its 100th birthday in 2007. East Lansing, Michigan East Lansing is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan directly east of Lansing, the state capital. Most of the city is within Ingham County, with the rest in Clinton County. The population was 48,579 at the 2010 census, an increase from 46,420 in 2000. It is best known as the home of Michigan State University. East Lansing was an important junction of two major Native American groups: the Potawatomi and Fox. By 1850, the Lansing and Howell Plank Road Company was established to
Abraham Lansing (1838–1918), the daughter of Peter Gansevoort (1789–1876) and Mary (née Sanford) Gansevoort (1814–1841). She was a granddaughter of Peter Gansevoort and Nathan Sanford. They did not have any children. Lansing died in Albany on October 4, 1899, and was buried at the Albany Rural Cemetery at Menands, New York. Abraham Lansing Abraham Lansing (February 27, 1835 – October 4, 1899) was an American lawyer and politician. Abraham Lansing was born in Albany, Albany County, New York. He was the son of Christopher Yates Lansing (1796–1872) and Caroline Mary (née Thomas) Lansing (1805–1845). Lansing was a grandson of state Treasurer Abraham