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Welcome to Aurora ...So far, we found very little information about Aurora. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Aurora to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Aurora - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Aurora, please Contact Us. While we don't have the exact location of Aurora , we believe that it would have been located within present day Colfax County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Aurora, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902. When the people of Aurora referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Auroran<3> Time Zone: The area where Aurora was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Aurora once stood is in the (575) area code. Communities Also Named Aurora ...While we believe that this Aurora is located in Colfax County, we know of another 2 New Mexico communities named Aurora. Those communities are located in the following counties: Mora and San Miguel County. Beyond New Mexico, there are 44 communities that are also named Aurora - they are located in Alabama, Alaska (2), Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (2), Kansas (7), Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota (2), Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas (2), Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin (2) and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Aurora. Adding Aurora to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Aurora in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Aurora was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Aurora. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/ Footnotes ...
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