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Welcome to Lansing ...Lansing is located in DeSoto County<1>. The location of Lansing has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Lansing, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911. When the people of Lansing refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Lansingite<3> Lansing is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Lansing lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Lansing is located in the (863) area code. Communities Also Named Lansing ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Florida communities named Lansing: This one is located in DeSoto County and the other is located in Citrus County. Beyond Florida, there are 18 communities that are also named Lansing - they are located in Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginia and Yukon. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lansing. Communities near Lansing ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lansing.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lansing. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lansing. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lansing. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lansing. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lansing. See our Newspapers Page for Lansing. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lansing ...Looking for more information about Lansing? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lansing, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lansing. Adding Lansing to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Lansing in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lansing was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Lansing. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lansing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for DeSoto County: www.co.desoto.fl.us/ The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/ Footnotes ...
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