Lansing is a resort town in Ashe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 126 at the 2020 census.
In the early 20th century, Lansing was a prosperous community, primarily because of the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company, whose daily mixed train, nicknamed the "Virginia Creeper", stopped here. Todd, West Jefferson, White Oak, and other towns in North Carolina were also regular stopping places for the train. There were some productive iron mines around Lansing that used the railroad to move ore.
In the 1930s and 1940s, Lansing was home to one of two cheese factories in Ashe County. Lansing's cheese plant offered local farmers a place to bring their goods instead of traveling to the county's other cheese plant in West Jefferson.
Lansing High School was built in 1941 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) using local granite stone.
The Clark-Miller Roller Mill, Lansing Historic District, Lansing School, Miller Homestead, and Perry-Shepherd Farm are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which , or 2.18%, is water.
Demographics
2000 census
thumb|left|250px|Downtown Lansing during a hailstorm in March 2007
As of the census The population estimate was 222. There were 99 households, with an estimated average of 2.2 persons per household. The community had 130 housing units. The estimated median age was 48.1. The estimated median household income was $49,083. An estimated 5.4% of the population was below the poverty line.