Lansing is a city in Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States.

[1] It is situated along the west side of the Missouri River and Kansas-Missouri state border.

[6] Formerly William Lansing Taylor, James changed his name upon his enlistment in 1862 as a hospital steward in the 7th Kansas Cavalry.

Following the Civil War, he earned a position at the new state penitentiary in Kansas as a hospital steward.

He later resigned and opened a general mercantile store, which held the post office and an apothecary business, in the area called “Town of Progress”.

[7] The Kansas State Penitentiary, later renamed the Lansing Correctional Facility in 1990, was authorized by the Kansas Constitution in 1859; it is the state's largest and oldest facility for detention and rehabilitation of male adult felons.

[7] With the opening of the coal mine at the prison the town became an important shipping point for this product.

[8] Lansing was ranked 88 in the top 100 of Money Magazine's 2007 list of best places to live.

[9] Lansing is situated along the western bank of the Missouri River, which also marks the Kansas-Missouri state border.

[10] The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.

[11] The 2020 United States census counted 11,239 people, 3,432 households, and 2,566 families in Lansing.

18.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

18.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.