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  1. Gary ( / ˈɡæri / GARR-ee) is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 69,093 at the 2020 census, [ 4] making it Indiana's eleventh-most populous city. The city has been historically dominated by major industrial activity and is home to U.S. Steel 's Gary Works, the largest steel mill complex in North America.

  2. Welcome to Greater Gary, The City of Heart and Soul. Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States, 25 miles (40 km) from downtown Chicago, Illinois. Gary is adjacent to the Indiana Dunes National Parkand borders southern Lake Michigan.

  3. Jul 7, 2024 · Founded in 1906, Gary, Indiana was once a prosperous steel town, but then jobs left, crime skyrocketed, and half of its population fled. About 20 percent of the town's buildings are now completely abandoned.

  4. Feb 21, 2023 · The city that would become America’s largest company town was founded in the northwest corner of Indiana by U.S. Steel in 1906 and named after Judge Elbert H. Gary, who had cofounded the corporation with banking magnate J. P. Morgan five years earlier.

  5. Jul 8, 2024 · Gary, city, Lake county, extreme northwest Indiana, U.S. It lies at the southern end of Lake Michigan, east of Chicago. In 1906 the town—named for Elbert H. Gary, chief organizer of the United States Steel Corporation—was laid out as an adjunct of the company’s vast new manufacturing complex.

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