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The Ionia and Lansing Rail Road is a defunct railroad which operated in the state of Michigan in the 1860s and 1870s. The company incorporated on November 13, 1865; the investors hailed primarily from Lansing , Ionia and Portland .
The Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan (DL&LM) was incorporated April 11, 1871, as a consolidation of the Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad and the Ionia and Lansing Railroad. In 1872, the Ionia, Stanton and Northern Rail Road was added. By 1876 the railroad was obliged for more than $6 million in mortgages at 8%, much of it owed to men ...
In 1869, the Ionia and Lansing Railroad was constructed through Grand Ledge, bringing a trade catering to visitors, as well as a new manufacturing base, to Grand Ledge. Along with the new prosperity came accelerated development in the district, as well-to-do local businessmen and manufacturers began constructing houses. [2]
Ionia was first settled in 1833 by Samuel Dexter, who recruited a group of about 63 people from New York to join him. Aided by the local Ojibwe, they settled in and cleared fields, then built log cabins and soon a sawmill. What is now the Ionia Historic District was at first just a scattering of small houses.
The DL&LM was formed April 11, 1871 by a merger of the Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad, the Ionia and Lansing Railroad, and the Ionia, Stanton and Northern Railroad. [1] The DL&LM was sold under foreclosure on December 14, 1876 and reorganized under the name of Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad. [2]
New York Central Railroad: NYC NYC 1914 1968 Penn Central Transportation Company: Norfolk and Western Railway: N&W, NW 1964 1998 Norfolk Southern Railway: Northern Central Michigan Railroad: NYC: 1866 1914 New York Central Railroad: Northern Michigan Railroad: 1888 1899 Copper Range Railroad: North Western Grand Trunk Railway: CN: 1879 1880
The following is a list of Registered Historic Places in Ionia County, Michigan. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 24, 2025. [ 1 ]
April 8, 2021 (513 West Ionia St. Lansing: 4: Barnes Avenue School: Barnes Avenue School: November 30, 2023 (1028 West Barnes Ave. Lansing: 5: Brown-Price House