Lansing, Kansas

Infobox Settlement
official_name = City of Lansing
settlement_type = City


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map_caption = Location of Lansing in Kansas.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_name1 = Kansas
subdivision_name2 = Leavenworth
government_type =
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Kenneth W. Bernard
established_title = Incorporated
established_date = 1959
area_magnitude =
area_total_km2 = 22.4
area_total_sq_mi = 8.6
area_land_km2 = 22.1
area_land_sq_mi = 8.5
area_water_km2 = 0.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1
area_water_percent = 1.50
population_as_of = LookupUSEstPop|2038650|EYR
population_total = LookupUSEstPop|2038650|EST
population_note =
population_density_km2 = Decimals|#expr:LookupUSEstPop|2020075|EST/22.058763|1
population_density_sq_mi = Decimals|#expr:LookupUSEstPop|2020075|EST/8.516936|0
timezone = CST
utc_offset = -6
timezone_DST = CDT
utc_offset_DST = -5
elevation_m = 258
elevation_ft = 846
latd = 39 |latm = 14 |lats = 55 |latNS = N
longd = 94 |longm = 53 |longs = 31 |longEW = W
postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 66043
area_code = 913
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 20-38650GR|2
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = 0478431GR|3
footnotes =
website = [http://www.lansing.ks.us/ www.lansing.ks.us]

Lansing is a city situated along the Missouri River in the eastern part of Leavenworth County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. The population was 9,199 at the 2000 census, and it was estimated to be formatnum:LookupUSEstPop|2038650|EST in the year LookupUSEstPop|2038650|EYR. It is the second most populous city of Leavenworth County and is a part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.

The Lansing Correctional Facility (formerly the Kansas State Penitentiary), which includes the state's main maximum-security prison, is located in Lansing. Perry Edward Smith and Richard Eugene Hickock, the subjects of "In Cold Blood", were hanged at the prison on April 14, 1965.

Most recently, Lansing was ranked 88 in the top 100 of Money Magazine's 2007 list of best places to live [Cite web| url=http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/moneymag/0707/gallery.BPTL_top_100.moneymag/88.html| title=Best Places to Live: Top 100| accessdate=2008-04-15| publisher=Money Magazine] .

History

Lansing is named for James William Lansing, a business man born in New York. Formerly William Lansing Taylor, James changed his name upon his enlistment in 1862 as a hospital steward in the 7th Regiment of the Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. Following the Civil War, he earned a position at the new state penitentiary in Kansas as a hospital steward. He later resigned and opened a general mercantile store, which held the post office and an apothecary business, in the area called “Town of Progress”. “Doc Lansing”, as he became known, and his friend John C. Schmidt became co-owners of ninety acres of land that was platted into town lots in 1878; they named the area “Town of Lansing”. Lansing did not become an incorporated city until 1959.Cite web| url=http://www.lansing.ks.us/index.asp?NID=157| title=Lansing History| accessdate=2006-07-16| publisher=City of Lansing]

The Kansas State Penitentiary, later renamed the Lansing Correctional Facility in 1990, was authorized by the Kansas Constitution in 1859; it is the state's largest and oldest facility for detention and rehabilitation of male adult felons.Cite web| url=http://www.lansing.ks.us/index.asp?NID=157| title=Lansing History| accessdate=2006-07-16| publisher=City of Lansing] With the opening of the coal mine at the prison the town became an important shipping point for this product. [Cite encyclopedia| editor=Frank W. Blackmar| title=Atchison| url=http://www.skyways.org/genweb/archives/1912/l/lansing.html| encyclopedia=Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc ...| volume=II| publisher=Standard Pub Co| location=Chicago| year=1912| pages=104]

Geography

Lansing is located at coor dms|39|14|55|N|94|53|31|W|city (39.248689, -94.891880).GR|1 The city is situated along the western bank of the Missouri River which also marks the Kansas-Missouri state border. It is bordered by the city of Leavenworth to the north; Kansas City is less than a half hour to the southeast. U.S. Route 73 passes through the city.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.6 square miles (22.4 km²), of which 8.5 square miles (22.1 km²) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km²), or 1.50%, is water.GR|2

Demographics

Lansing's population was estimated to be formatnum:LookupUSEstPop|2038650|EST in the year LookupUSEstPop|2038650|EYR, LookupUSEstPop|2038650|TXT.Cite web| url=http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php| title=Population Estimates| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division| Annual estimates of the population to 2038650|EDT. Released 2038650|RDT. Population change is from 2038650|IDT to 2038650|EDT.]

As of the U.S. Census in 2000,GR|2 there were 9,199 people, 2,435 households, and 1,913 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,080.1 people per square mile (416.9/km²). There were 2,548 housing units at an average density of 299.2/sq mi (115.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 80.95% White, 12.46% Black or African American, 1.22% Native American, 1.33% Asian, 0.15% Pacific Islander, 1.34% from other races, and 2.55% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.85% of the population.

There were 2,435 households out of which 42.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.0% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.4% were non-families. 18.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.17.

In the city the population was spread out with 22.0% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 38.5% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 7.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 164.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 184.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $60,994, and the median income for a family was $65,639. Males had a median income of $36,326 versus $28,315 for females. The per capita income for the city was $21,655. About 1.9% of families and 2.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.5% of those under age 18 and 3.5% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The Lansing school district (USD 469), with four schools, serves more than 2,000 students. [Cite web| url=http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/ks/district_profile/174/| title=Lansing schools| accessdate=2006-07-16| publisher=GreatSchools.net]

*Lansing Elementary School, grades K–3
*Lansing Intermediate School, grades 4–5
*Lansing Middle School, grades 6–8
*Lansing High School, grades 9–12

Notable residents

*Lansing Man
*Ashley Aull, Miss Kansas USA 2006
*Chris Burnett, American jazz saxophone player, composer, and veteran of US military bands.

ee also

References

External links

Official sites
* [http://www.lansing.ks.us/ City of Lansing]
* [http://www.usd469.net/ Lansing USD 469]

Additional information
* [http://kansastravel.org/mountmunciecemetery.htm Lansing's Mount Muncie Cemetery ]