THE EAST LANSING LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lansing Loamy Plain setting.
East Lansing city has 13.4 square miles of land in Clinton County, Ingham County. Its Census reference point is in Lansing Loamy Plain, within Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains.
Lakes, marshes and complex glacial deposits create a varied landscape around southern Michigan and northern Indiana. Moraines, beach ridges, dunes, kettles and meltwater channels occur across the region.
Regional context: Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
East Lansing intersects 2 county geographies: Clinton County, Ingham County. A East Lansing mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
East Lansing by land and water
The Census records 0.08 square miles of water within East Lansing, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 40.9 percentage points lower than the 41.5% recorded for Michigan. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, East Lansing city has 44% of the land area of nearby Meridian charter township (30.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

