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Do you know of Aurora ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Aurora.  When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future.  Such is the case with Aurora.<1> Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Aurora, so we are uncertain whether Aurora is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2>  While we don't have its location, we believe that Aurora would be found somewhere in Norton County, Kansas. Communities Also Named Aurora ...We found 43 communities that share the name Aurora. There are six communities within Kansas that are also named Aurora. Beyond Kansas, we know of another 37 communities that are located throughout  in the United States and Canada.  Of these 37 communities, 43 are located in the United States and one is in Canada. Communities Located In Kansas ...
Clark County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Aurora [Clark County].Cloud County
Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Aurora [Cloud County].Coffey County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Aurora [Coffey County].Cowley County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Aurora [Cowley County].Jewell County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Aurora [Jewell County].Osage County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Aurora [Osage County].
 Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Etowah CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Aurora [Etowah County].Alaska
Please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Aurora.Arkansas
Madison CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Aurora [Madison County].California
Stanislaus CountyPlease visit our profile page for the California community of Aurora [Stanislaus County].Colorado
Arapahoe CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Aurora [Arapahoe County].Florida
Brevard CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Florida community of Aurora [Brevard County].Hillsborough CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Florida community of Aurora [Hillsborough County].Georgia
Lumpkin CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<3>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Aurora [Lumpkin County].Illinois
Kane CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Aurora [Kane County].Indiana
Dearborn CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Aurora [Dearborn County].Iowa
Buchanan CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Aurora [Buchanan County].Keokuk CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Aurora [Keokuk County].Kentucky
Marshall CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Aurora [Marshall County].Maine
Hancock CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Maine community of Aurora [Hancock County].Michigan
Gogebic CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Aurora [Gogebic County].Minnesota
Saint Louis CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Aurora [Saint Louis County].Steele CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<3>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Aurora [Steele County].Missouri
Lawrence CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Aurora [Lawrence County].Nebraska
Hamilton CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Aurora [Hamilton County].Nevada
Mineral CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Aurora [Mineral County].New Mexico
Colfax CountyPlease visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Aurora [Colfax County].Mora CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<3>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Aurora [Mora County].San Miguel CountyPlease visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Aurora [San Miguel County].New York
Cayuga CountyPlease visit our profile page for the New York community of Aurora [Cayuga County].North Carolina
Beaufort CountyPlease visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Aurora [Beaufort County].Ohio
Portage CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Aurora [Portage County].Ontario
Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Aurora.Oregon
Marion CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Aurora [Marion County].Pennsylvania
Bradford CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<3>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Aurora [Bradford County].South Dakota
Brookings CountyPlease visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Aurora [Brookings County].Texas
Jefferson CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Texas community of Aurora [Jefferson County].Wise CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Texas community of Aurora [Wise County].Utah
Sevier CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Utah community of Aurora [Sevier County].West Virginia
Preston CountyPlease visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Aurora [Preston County].Wisconsin
Florence CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Aurora [Florence County].Washington CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Aurora [Washington County].Wyoming
Carbon CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<3>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Aurora [Carbon County].
 More Orphans in  Norton County ...Can you help? As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer.  If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans.  Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Norton County. 
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error.  It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it.  Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |  | <2> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named.  We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |  | <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder.  As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. 
 Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place.  For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ...  Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads.  While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
 
 Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station.  It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc.  The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
 
 Also keep in mind that Aurora could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name  of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county.  Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
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