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With the announcement that Lansing Township had been made the capital, the small village quickly transformed into the seat of state government.
The legislature gave the settlement the temporary name of the " Town of Michigan ".
In April 1848, the legislature then gave the settlement the name of " Lansing ".
Within months after it became the capital city, individual settlements began to develop along three key points along the Grand River in the township:
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