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Introduction ...

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. If you can help us with Aurora, please Contact Us.

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Aurora (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Aurora. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Aurora is historic, it would have been located within present day Mineral County.

To see how the shape of Nevada's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mineral County: Mono (CA), Churchill, Esmeralda, Lyon & Nye.

Below are the counties that are near Aurora. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Aurora:

  • Mineral County     (The home county of Aurora)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Aurora, with the one closest to Aurora listed first.
    • Esmeralda ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Esmeralda have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmeralda
      • Esmeralda is located in Mineral County
    • Del Monte ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Del Monte have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Monte
      • Del Monte is located in Mineral County
    • Babbitt
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbitt
      • Babbitt is located in Mineral County
    • Hawthorne
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Marietta ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
      • Marietta is located in Mineral County
  • Lyon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Aurora, with the one closest to Aurora listed first.
    • Wichman
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wichman
      • Wichman is located in Lyon County
    • Pine Grove ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
      • Pine Grove is located in Lyon County
  • Mono County (CA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Aurora, with the one closest to Aurora listed first.
    • Bodie ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodie
      • Bodie is located in Mono County (CA)
    • Chinatown ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinatown
      • Chinatown is located in Mono County (CA)
    • Masonic ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Masonic. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonic
      • Masonic is located in Mono County (CA)
    • Chemung Mine ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chemung Mine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chemung Mine
      • Chemung Mine is located in Mono County (CA)
    • Dog Town ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dog Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
      • Dog Town is located in Mono County (CA)
    • Willow Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
      • Willow Springs is located in Mono County (CA)
    • Bridgeport
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Belfort ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
      • Belfort is located in Mono County (CA)
    • Mono City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono City
      • Mono City is located in Mono County (CA)
    • Dunderberg Mill ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunderberg Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunderberg Mill
      • Dunderberg Mill is located in Mono County (CA)
    • Mono Lake ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mono Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono Lake
      • Mono Lake is located in Mono County (CA)
    • Lee Vining
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Aurora, see our County-by-County Page for Aurora.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Aurora ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Aurora.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Aurora. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Aurora and those printed in the larger area surrounding Aurora.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<5> of Aurora.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Aurora:

Cemeteries Near Aurora ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Aurora.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Aurora covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Aurora, with the one closest to Aurora listed first.

  • Aurora Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Bodie Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bodie Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Bodie (CA)
    • The Bodie Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Wards Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bodie Cemetery
  • Boot Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Masonic Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Masonic Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Bodie (CA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masonic Cemetery
  • Miners Union Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Dog Town Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Dog Town Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • The Dog Town Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Dogtown Gravesite
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dog Town Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2478036 <6>
  • Bridgeport Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Mono County Poor Farm Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Mono County Poor Farm Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mono County Poor Farm Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Willow Springs (CA).
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mono County Poor Farm Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2477313 <6>
  • Jordon / Lundy Avalanche Victims Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Clinton Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Clinton Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Clinton Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<5> to the southwest of Belfort (CA).
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clinton Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2492064 <6>
  • Mono Lake Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hawthorne Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Adeline Carson Stilts Burial Site
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Adeline Carson Stilts Burial Site. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Adeline Carson Stilts Burial Site is located outside and to the south of Mono City (CA).
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adeline Carson Stilts Burial Site
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2495049 <6>
    • Chinese Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Chinese Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Chinese Cemetery is located in Hawthorne.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chinese Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2426465 <6>
    • Hawthorne Chinese Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Hawthorne Chinese Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hawthorne Chinese Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2426465 <6>

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.

Aurora itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 225 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Aurora, with the one closest to Aurora listed first.

  • Bodie ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodie
    • Bodie is located in Mono County (CA)
  • Bridgeport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Hawthorne
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Mono Lake ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mono Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono Lake
    • Mono Lake is located in Mono County (CA)
  • Lundy
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lundy
    • Lundy is located in Mono County (CA)
    • Former name for Lundy:
    • Mill Creek

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Aurora. See our List of 1890's Communities around Aurora.

The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Aurora, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Aurora) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Aurora. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2867, Longitude: -118.9009    
<6>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.




 

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