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Michigan State University
Main Library, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.
East Lansing
Michigan, United States
Also known as: College Park
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Two shootings, car-pedestrian crashes injure 7 in East Lansing overnight
• Nov. 1, 2026, 4:21 PM ET (The Detroit News)
East Lansing, residential and university city, Ingham county, south-central Michigan, U.S., adjoining Lansing on the Red Cedar River. The site was a remote area east of Lansing when Michigan State University, a pioneer land-grant school, was founded there as Michigan Agricultural College in 1855. First known as Collegeville, the city was redesignated East Lansing by the state legislature at the time of its incorporation in 1907. The city’s economy revolves around the university, which is East Lansing’s major employer. Pop. (2000) 46,525; Lansing–East Lansing Metro Area, 447,728; (2010) 48,579; Lansing–East Lansing Metro Area, 464,036.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Kenneth Pletcher.
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