Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Aurora came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Aurora in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Aurora. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Aurora data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Colorado & Utah
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 1995
(Available from Amazon.com)

Utah Place Names
Written by: Van Cott, John W.
Published by the University of Utah Press, 1990
(Available from Amazon.com)

Map from 1890 (unknown title/publisher)

Shell Oil Road Map for Utah (1950)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Aurora is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Aurora in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Aurora for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Aurora. See our Misc Page for Aurora for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Aurora:

Aurora was mentioned in the following schedule:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)