Gary
Deuel · USGS GNIS name record 1265643
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These Census tracts have reference points near Gary. Their figures describe the entire named tract, not this locality. Open a tract to inspect its map, sources and demographic percentages.
Census tract 9536 ↗
Deuel County · SD
- Population
- 2,840
- Median home value
- $224,400
Census tract 9702 ↗
Yellow Medicine County · MN
- Population
- 2,270
- Median home value
- $148,300
Census tract 9537 ↗
Deuel County · SD
- Population
- 1,488
- Median home value
- $169,900
Census tract 1802 ↗
Lac qui Parle County · MN
- Population
- 1,600
- Median home value
- $197,300
The source behind the name
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Original USGS record for Gary ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 06/07/2022 · NAD83 · approximate source location
USGS description & history
Founded in 1877 by the Winona & Saint Peter Railroad Company. The community was first known as State Line because of its location on the Minnesota-South Dakota State boundary line; then it was known as Headquarters because it served in that capacity for Colonel DeGraff, the railroad contractor. Finally the name of Gary was selected by Captain Henry H Herrick, a pioneer in the area, and C H Whitney, a postmaster in nearby Marshall, Minnesota, in honor of H B Gary, also from Marshall, Minnesota, who was an official of the Post Office Department in the early days of South Dakota's existence as a State. (SD-T17/p65) Incorporated in 1917.
Source notes may describe earlier conditions.Source files & checksums
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