Lansing NY, Lansing MI

I recently discovered that Lansing MI was named after Lansing NY.( I've lived in Lansing NY for over 20 yrs) I thought this was an interesting fact.

The North Log Cabin, the oldest in Tompkins and Cayuga Counties and one of the oldest in the country, was reassembled in Myers Park this summer. It was originally built in 1791 by Thomas North. The family played a part in American history since the Revolutionary War. Two of Thomas North's grandsons moved to MI where they named their new home Lansing. I Googled Lansing MI history and this is what I found. I was hoping Lansing MI was named after Lansing NY for a more romantic reason !!!

The area that is now Lansing was originally spotted by explorer Hugh Henward in 1790 while canoeing the Grand River.^[7] The land that was to become Lansing was surveyed in 1825 in what was then dense forest. There would be no roads to this area for decades to come.^[8]

In the winter of 1835 and early 1836, two brothers from New York plotted the area now known as REO Town just south of downtown Lansing and named it "Biddle City." All of this land lay in a floodplain and was underwater during the majority of the year. Regardless, the brothers went back to New York, specifically Lansing, New York, to sell plots for the town that did not exist. They told the residents of Lansing, New York that this new "city" had an area of 65 blocks, contained a church and also a public and academic square. A group of 16 men bought plots in the nonexistent city and upon reaching the area later that year found they had been scammed. Many in the group too disappointed to stay ended up settling around what is now Metropolitan Lansing. Those who stayed quickly renamed the area "Lansing Township" in honor of their home village in New York.^[8]