Lansing (Iowa)

Allamakee County

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Lansing is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Lansing Township, a part of the Allamakee County in the far northeast of the U.S. state of Iowa. In the census in 2010, Lansing had 999 inhabitants.

Location and transport

Lansing is located at 43 ° 21'41 " north latitude and 91 ° 13'24 " west longitude and extending over 3.0 km ² spread to 2.8 km ² land and 0.2 km ² water surface. Lansing is located on the west bank of the upper Mississippi River, which forms the border with Wisconsin. The border with Minnesota is located 18.7 km to the north.

Neighboring towns are New Albin (18,4 km to the north ), Church (10,7 km west ), Village Creek (7.1 km to the southwest ), Harpers Ferry (23 km south), Ferryville (12,9 km to the east ) in Wisconsin and De Soto in Wisconsin (9 km northeast).

The nearest large towns are Iowa's capital Des Moines ( 353 km southwest ), the Quad Cities (263 km south), Rockford, Illinois (284 km southeast), Wisconsin's capital, Madison (187 km east) and Minnesota's largest city Minneapolis (287 km north-west ).

In Lansing the coming of the West Iowa Highway 9 meets the Iowa Highway 26, the Great River Road is here. About the Black Hawk Bridge Lansing is connected to the opposite bank of the Mississippi Wisconsin.

History

In 1848 William Garrison of the first white settlers on the territory of today's Lansing and acquired large landholdings. 1849 a post office was established, which was operated by Garrison.

1851 bought John Haney, whose son James Haney and H. H. Houghton, the country, and laid on a settlement. Named after the city of Lansing this was in Michigan.

1864 the site of the Town status was granted; 1867 was followed by the elevation to the City and S. V. Shaw became the first mayor.

Due to its location on the Mississippi Lansing became a commercial center for the surrounding agriculture. Sawmills were set up, the all-day downriver geflößte logs processed.

1899 was founded by JM Turner a factory for pearl buttons, which employed several hundred mostly female workers

The Black Hawk Bridg that created the connection to the opposite bank of the Mississippi in Wisconsin, in 1931 passed its destination and celebrated by the citizens of the three states of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa.

After the bridge was badly damaged by ice in 1945, this could no longer be used. In 1957 she was opened to traffic after repair. Since that time, every year on the second weekend in August, held Lansing Fish Days are celebrated.