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Welcome to Aurum ...

So far, we found very little information about Aurum. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Aurum to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Aurum, please Contact Us.

Aurum would have been located within present day White Pine County<2>.

Aurum was founded in 1871.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Aurum is 7,150 feet [2,179 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Aurum is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Aurum was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Aurum was located: 775

Communities Also Named Aurum ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Aurum - it's located in Georgia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Aurum.

Communities near Aurum ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Aurum.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Aurum. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Aurum.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Aurum. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Aurum.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Aurum. See our Newspapers Page for Aurum.

Adding Aurum to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Aurum 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 (so far) for Aurum was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Aurum post office opened in 1881. The Aurum post office closed in 1938.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Aurum.

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 Aurum, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including White Pine, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Aurum - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/