Welcome to East Lansing ...

East Lansing is located in Tompkins County<1>.

We aren't confident of the location of East Lansing, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Lansing, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1842.

A typical abbreviation for East Lansing: E. Landing

East Lansing is 1,170 feet [357 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: East Lansing lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

East Lansing is within the (607) area code.

Websites for East Lansing ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.tccofc.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to East Lansing, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named East Lansing ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named East Lansing - it's located in Michigan.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Lansing.

Communities near East Lansing ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near East Lansing.

• Ithaca
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
  • Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,981 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ithaca <4>
• Cortland
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
  • Cortland is located in Cortland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,455 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cortland <4>
• Lansing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lansing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
  • Lansing is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,866 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansing <4>
• Cayuga Heights
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cayuga Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
  • Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
• Homer
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
  • Homer is located in Cortland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,080 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <4>
• Groton
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
  • Groton is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,156 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Groton <4>
• Dryden
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dryden have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
  • Dryden is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,996 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dryden <4>
• Trumansburg
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumansburg
  • Trumansburg is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,669 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trumansburg <4>
• Moravia
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
  • Moravia is located in Cayuga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,198 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moravia <4>
• McGraw
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McGraw have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGraw
  • McGraw is located in Cortland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 968 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McGraw <4>

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 East Lansing. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for East Lansing.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of East 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 East Lansing.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around East Lansing. See our Newspapers Page for East Lansing.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Lansing ...

Looking for more information about East 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 East Lansing, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for East Lansing.

Adding East Lansing to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East 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 East Lansing was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the East Lansing post office opened in 1842.

We also found East Lansing in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Lansing.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for East Lansing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Tompkins County: www.co.tompkins.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/