Ingham County, Michigan
Meridian Township Real Estate and Local Guide
Suburban charter township bordering East Lansing to the west in Ingham County, made up largely of the unincorporated communities of Okemos and Haslett, with about 43,916 residents at the 2020 census
Living in Meridian Township
The third-largest municipality within the Lansing-East Lansing metropolitan area, after Lansing and East Lansing, with 43,916 residents at the 2020 census. Source: en.wikipedia.org
Homes in Meridian Township
What makes Meridian Township home
Meridian Historical Village
Restored 19th-century village at Central Park, 5151 Marsh Road in Okemos, with seven relocated historic buildings including a one-room schoolhouse, farmhouse, general store, inn, and chapel, operated by the Friends of Historic Meridian nonprofit formed in 1974
Nokomis Cultural Heritage Center
Cultural center at 5153 Marsh Road in Okemos, established in 1989, dedicated to the history, arts, and language of the Anishinaabe people, the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi nations
Meridian Mall
Super-regional enclosed shopping mall in Okemos, built by the M.H. Hausman Company and opened November 6, 1969, serving as the township's main retail center
Lake Lansing Park South
30-acre Ingham County park on Lake Lansing in Haslett, formerly an amusement park, with a sandy beach, bath house, multi-purpose dock, playground, and picnic shelters
Harris Nature Center
Township nature center at 3998 Van Atta Road in Okemos along the Red Cedar River, opened in July 1997, with live animal exhibits and about 6 miles of trails through forest, meadow, and wetland within Meridian Riverfront Park
Meridian Township areas to know
Okemos
The township's largest community and a census-designated place, renamed in 1857 for Chief John Okemos, a 19th-century Ojibwe leader who camped in the area
Haslett
Unincorporated community and census-designated place in the northern part of the township, on Lake Lansing