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History · Lansing

Lansing’s post office opened in 1898, and 27% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Lansing began

When was Lansing founded?

1898

The Lansing post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 596128 years
Founding year: the first Lansing post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lansing’s past

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Lansing, in brief

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Lansing is a census-designated place in northern Pease Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States, along Wheeling Creek. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 596. It has a post office with the ZIP code 43934. Lansing is part of the Wheeling, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. A post office called Lansing has been in operation since 1898. Besides the post office, Lansing had a church, built there in 1834. Lansing was known as Soaptown from 1860 to 1889.

Its first post office opened in 1898. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 634 to 596 (-6%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Questions about Lansing’s history

What year was Lansing founded?

The Lansing post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

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