The Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad is a defunct railroad which operated in central and

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Michigan during the early 1870s. The company formed on March 29, 1870 through the consolidation of the Detroit and Howell and the Howell and Lansing.Meints (1992), 64. From the two companies the DH&L gained a partially graded right-of-way long, with track laid on perhaps half of it, stretching from

Lansing Lansing () is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is mostly in Ingham County, although portions of the city extend west into Eaton County and north into Clinton County. The 2020 census placed the city's population at 112,644, makin ...

southeast to

Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at t ...

.Michigan Legislature (1871), 31-32. On March 16, 1871 the company consolidated with the Ionia and Lansing to form the Detroit, Lansing & Lake Michigan. The company had existed as an independent entity for less than a year.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Detroit Howell Lansing Railroad Railway companies established in 1870 Railway companies disestablished in 1871 Defunct Michigan railroads Central Michigan Predecessors of the Pere Marquette Railway