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East Lansing

Michigan, United States
Also known as: College Park
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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...

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