Lansing, Minnesota

Lansing is a unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lansing Township, Mower County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 132 as of the 2020 census.^[1]

Lansing, Minnesota
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 43°44′53″N 92°57′57″W
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Mower
Township	Lansing
Area [1]
• Total	0.79 sq mi (2.03 km2)
• Land	0.79 sq mi (2.03 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [2]	1,227 ft (374 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	132
• Density	168.15/sq mi (64.91/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code	55950
Area code	507
GNIS feature ID	2628683[2]
FIPS code	27-35558

History

Lansing was platted in 1858, and named after Lansing, Michigan.^[4] A post office has been in operation at Lansing since 1857.^[5]

Geography

Lansing is in northwestern Mower County, in the northeast part of Lansing Township. It is bordered to the east by the Cedar River, a south-flowing tributary of the Iowa River. The community is 6 miles (10 km) north of Austin, the Mower county seat.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Lansing CDP has an area of 0.79 square miles (2.05 km²), all land.^[1]

Population

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1880	144		—
2010	181		—
2020	132		−27.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[6]