Welcome to Aurora ...The city of Aurora is located Aurora is located in Wise County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Aurora, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873. When the people of Aurora refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Auroran<2> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Aurora has a population of 1,502 people<3> (see below for details). The community of Aurora is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Aurora lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Aurora: 940 The ZIP code for Aurora: 76078<5> Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Aurora had an population of 1,502 people. This is an increase of 23.11% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 76.08% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Aurora had a population of 1,220 people. This makes Aurora the county's 7th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,220 people, the population of Aurora increased 43.02% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 853 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Aurora. Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Aurora: This one is located in Wise County and the other is located in Jefferson County. Beyond Texas, 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 Mexico (3), New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin (2) and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Aurora. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Aurora. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Aurora. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Aurora. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Aurora. 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 Aurora. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Aurora. See our Newspapers Page for Aurora. Looking for more information about Aurora? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Aurora, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Aurora. We originally found mention of Aurora in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Aurora was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Aurora.
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