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>
We found mention of Aurora as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Osage County, Kansas.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1886 and closed in 1886.
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
- Cloud County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Aurora [Cloud County].
- Coffey County
- Cowley County
- Jewell County
- Norton County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Etowah County
- Please 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 County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Aurora [Madison County].
- California
- Stanislaus County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Aurora [Stanislaus County].
- Colorado
- Arapahoe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Aurora [Arapahoe County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Kane County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Aurora [Kane County].
- Indiana
- Dearborn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Aurora [Dearborn County].
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Aurora [Marshall County].
- Maine
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Aurora [Hancock County].
- Michigan
- Gogebic County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Aurora [Gogebic County].
- Minnesota
- Saint Louis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Aurora [Saint Louis County].
- Steele 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 Minnesota community of Aurora [Steele County].
- Missouri
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Aurora [Lawrence County].
- Nebraska
- Hamilton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Aurora [Hamilton County].
- Nevada
- Mineral County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Aurora [Mineral County].
- New Mexico
- Colfax County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Aurora [Colfax County].
- Mora 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 New Mexico community of Aurora [Mora County].
- San Miguel County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Aurora [San Miguel County].
- New York
- Cayuga County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Aurora [Cayuga County].
- North Carolina
- Beaufort County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Aurora [Beaufort County].
- Ohio
- Portage County
- Please 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 County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Aurora [Marion County].
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Brookings County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Aurora [Brookings County].
- Texas
- Utah
- Sevier County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Aurora [Sevier County].
- West Virginia
- Preston County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Aurora [Preston County].
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Aurora ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Aurora:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
More Orphans in Osage 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 Osage 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. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |