Elbert is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

located in

McDowell County, West Virginia McDowell County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state, State of West Virginia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 19,111. Its county seat is Welch, West Virginia, Welch. McDowell County is the ...

, United States. Founded as a

coal town A coal town, also known as a coal camp or patch, is a type of company town or mining community established by the employer, a mining company, which imports workers to the site to work the mineral find. The company develops it and provides reside ...

, the community is now part of the City of Gary after its post office closed. Elbert was an independent community and was incorporated into

Gary, West Virginia Gary is a city located along the Tug Fork River in McDowell County, West Virginia, McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 762. It was named for Elbert H ...

in 1971.

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