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Also known as Aurora, Iowa, Aurora, IA

city in Buchanan County, Iowa, United States

Key facts

Country
USA
State
Iowa
County
Buchanan
Total
0.53 sq mi (1.37 km )
Land
0.53 sq mi (1.37 km )
Water
0 sq mi (0.00 km )
Elevation
1,132 ft (345 m)
Density
319.4/sq mi (123.32/km )
Time zone
UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
Summer dst
UTC-5 (CDT)
Fips code
19-03835

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Encyclopedic overview

Aurora is a city in Buchanan County, Iowa, United States. The population was 169 in the 2020 census, a decline from 194 in 2000.

Aurora was founded in 1886 by the Chicago Great Western Railway, and incorporated in 1899. The town was laid out on land donated by a Bishop Warren and his wife Alice, and is named after Warren's birthplace of East Aurora, New York.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aurora” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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