Lansing, Kansas

Lansing, Kansas
City
Lansing High School band marching in the 2015 Veterans Day Parade
Location within Leavenworth County and Kansas
KDOT map of Leavenworth County (legend)
Coordinates: 39°14′33″N 94°53′47″W / 39.24250°N 94.89639°W / 39.24250; -94.89639[1]
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Leavenworth
Platted	1878
Incorporated	1959
Named for	James Lansing
Area [2]
• Total	12.41 sq mi (32.14 km2)
• Land	12.31 sq mi (31.88 km2)
• Water	0.10 sq mi (0.27 km2)  0.88%
Elevation [1]	860 ft (260 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	11,239
• Density	910/sq mi (350/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	66043
Area code	913
GNIS ID	485607[1]
Website	lansingks.org

Lansing is a city in Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States. It is on the west side of the Missouri River and Kansas-Missouri state border. In 2020, 11,239 people lived there.^[3] It is the second biggest city in Leavenworth County. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.

The Lansing Correctional Facility (used to be called the Kansas State Penitentiary), which includes the state's main maximum-security prison, is in Lansing.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lansing, Kansas
2. ↑ Cite error: The named reference CenPopGazetteer2020 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Cite error: The named reference DP1 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).