Cary may refer to:

Places

United States

Cary, Illinois Cary is a village located in Algonquin Township, McHenry County, Illinois, and Cuba Township, Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 17,826. Founding In 1841, William Dennison Cary purchased for $1.25 an ...

, a village, part of the Chicago metropolitan area *

Cary, Indiana Cary is an unincorporated community in Monroe Township, Putnam County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States ...

, an unincorporated community * Cary, Miami County, Indiana, a ghost town *

Cary, Maine Cary is an unorganized township in Aroostook County, Maine, and part of the state's Unorganized Territory. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 218. History Cary was settled in 1824. It was organized as Plantation Number 11, Range 1 on ...

, an unorganized township and former plantation * Mount Cary, Massachusetts *

Cary, Mississippi Cary is a town in Sharkey County, Mississippi. The population was 241 at the 2020 United States census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 U ...

, a town *

Cary, North Carolina Cary is a town in Wake and Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Raleigh–Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2020 Census, its population was 174,721, making it the seventh largest muni ...

, a town * Cary Township, Wake County, North Carolina, containing the bulk of the town *

Cary, Wisconsin Cary is a town in Wood County, Wisconsin. The population was 398 at the time of the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 35.2 square miles (91.0 km2), of which, 35.0 squa ...

, a town

United Kingdom

Cary (barony) Cary is a historic barony in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. To its north is the north-Antrim coast, and it is bordered by three other baronies: Dunluce Lower to the west; Dunluce Upper to the south; and Glenarm Lower to the south-east. The Giant ...

, County Antrim, Northern Ireland *

Castle Cary Castle Cary () is a market town and civil parish in south Somerset, England, north west of Wincanton and south of Shepton Mallet, at the foot of Lodge Hill and on the River Cary, a tributary of the Parrett. History The word Cary derives fr ...

, Somerset, England *

River Cary The River Cary is a river in Somerset, England. It is sourced from the Park Pond in Castle Cary and flows towards the southwest. Etymology The origin of the name ''Cary'' is uncertain. It may be derived from pre-Celtic ''kar-'', meaning "stony, ...

, Somerset

Slovakia

* Čáry, a village

People

Cary (given name) Cary is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Cary Angeline (born 1997), American football player * Cary Brothers (born 1974), American singer-songwriter * Cary Elwes (born 1962), English actor and writer * Cary Joji Fukunaga (bor ...

Cary (surname) Cary is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Cary, Master of Falkland (born 1963), son of Lucius Cary, 15th Viscount Falkland *Alice Cary (1820–1871), American poet * Annie Louise Cary (1842–1921), American singer * ...

Cary family The Cary family (also Carey) is an English aristocratic family with a branch in Ireland. The earliest known ancestor of the family is Sir Adam de Kari who was living in 1198. Sir John Cary (died 1395) purchased the Manor of Clovelly in the 14th ce ...

, a British aristocratic family, with a branch in Ireland

Businesses

Cary Audio Design Cary Audio Design is a company founded in May 1989 which originally designed and manufactured vacuum tube audio amplifiers. Since the mid-1990s they have expanded into the home theater market, producing DVD players and surround sound processors in ...

, a manufacturer of vacuum tube and solid state audio components *

Cary Instruments Cary Instruments was founded in 1946 by Howard Cary, George W. Downs and William C. Miller under the name Applied Physics Corporation. Howard Cary previously had been vice president in charge of development for National Technologies Laboratorie ...

, the optical instrumentation division of Varian Instruments * Cary Safe Company, a defunct American safe company

Railway stations

* Cary station (Metra), a Metra commuter rail station in Cary, Illinois *

Cary station (New Jersey) The Cary station is a historic structure in the Ledgewood section of Roxbury Township in Morris County, New Jersey. The building's earliest section was built in 1790, and an addition was built in 1890. In 1876, a station of the Central Railroad ...

, a historic former train station in Ledgewood, New Jersey *

Cary station (North Carolina) Cary station is an active train station located in Cary, North Carolina. It is served by three Amtrak trains: the , , and services.Stradling, Richard (November 9, 2017).Top-Rated Amtrak Station in Downtown Cary. ''The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC)''. p ...

, an Amtrak train station in Cary, North Carolina

Other uses

Cary Academy Cary Academy is an independent, coeducational, nonsectarian, college-preparatory secondary school located in Cary, North Carolina. The school emphasizes the use of technology in the classroom, the arts, and foreign exchange. History Cary Acade ...

, an independent college-preparatory secondary school in Cary, North Carolina *

Cary baronets The Cary Baronetcy, of Withington in the County Palatine of Lancaster, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 12 July 1955 for the Conservative politician Sir Robert Cary, Kt. He represented Eccles and Withington ...

, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom *

List of storms named Cary The name Cary has been used for three tropical cyclones in the western north Pacific Ocean. *Tropical Storm Cary (1980) (T8022, 26W), while forming, it crossed the Philippines without impact *Typhoon Cary (1984) (T8405, 05W), no impact on land *T ...

, three tropical cyclones in the Pacific Ocean *

Cary High School Cary High School is one of six public high schools in Cary, North Carolina and is part of the Wake County Public School System. In 1907, Cary High School became the first state-funded public high school in North Carolina.Byrd, Thomas M. and Costo ...

, Cary, North Carolina