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General Information

Gary was incorporated on July 1, 1971 by including five communities- Elbert, Filbert, Gary, Thorpe, and Wilcoe. The town was named after Judge Elbert Gary, who was one-time president of U.S. Steel Corporation. Gary was a booming coal mining company town run by the United States Steel Corporation but U.S. Steel shut down its Gary Operations in 1986.

Demographic Information

Gary is a city situated in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. Gary is located at 37°21′41″N, 81°32′11″W (37.361378, -81.536347) at 1411 feet above the sea level. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km²). As of the census of 2000, there were 917 people, 420 households, and 260 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,024.0 people per square mile (393.4/km²).