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Lansing is a village in Cook County, Illinois, a south suburb of Chicago that borders Indiana — Munster and Hammond lie directly to its east.

The first family to settle in Lansing was that of August Hildebrandt, who arrived in 1843 and farmed near a creek south of the village.

Brothers Henry, George and John Lansing arrived from New York in 1846 and gave the village its name; John Lansing laid out the town plat in 1865, and Henry served as postmaster from 1865 to 1884.

Lansing was incorporated in 1893, uniting three older districts — Oak Glen on the west, Bernice to the north and Lansing itself — with a combined population of only about 200.

Early Lansing was settled mainly by Dutch and German immigrants, and brickyards dug into the clay beneath the prairies became an early economic base for the village.

Lansing had a population of 29,076 at the 2020 census, and Census Bureau data count about 11,200 households averaging 2.5 people each.

Lansing sits on the Calumet Shoreline, the ancient beach ridge of glacial Lake Michigan, which runs along the village's Ridge Road.

Lansing boomed after World War II, jumping from 4,462 residents in 1940 to 8,682 in 1950 and 17,475 in 1960.

Lansing students attend Thornton Fractional South High School, whose graduates include Major League Baseball outfielder Curtis Granderson and NFL running back Pierre Thomas.

The village is also home to Illiana Christian High School, a private school affiliated with Christian Schools International.