Lansing, Iowa Lansing, Iowa Lansing is a city in Lansing Township, Allamakee County, Iowa, United States. The population was 999 at the 2010 census. Lansing was platted about 1851. The city was so named because the first settler was a native of Lansing, Michigan. Joseph "Diamond Jo" Reynolds, namesake of the famous Diamond Jo steamship line, built his first boat in Lansing and named it for the town. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water. Mount Hosmer is located on the north end of Lansing. As of
Lansing Charter Township, Michigan of Lansing Township with the construction of the Eastwood Towne Center, one of the largest shopping malls in Metropolitan Lansing, and the subsequent creation of the Lansing Township Downtown Development Authority to capture state and national funds for development. The central eastern sections of the township are almost exclusively residential, save for a small strip of land that runs along either side of US-127. The northern portion of these two sections contain the large Groesbeck neighborhood, and the smaller southern portion includes part of the Urbandale neighborhood. The southeastern section of the township is exclusively agricultural in nature, containing experimental