Aurora, Texas

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Aurora, Texas
City
Aurora, Texas
Aurora, Texas
Aurora, Texas
Aurora, Texas
Coordinates: 33°03′02″N97°30′15″W / 33.05056°N 97.50417°W / 33.05056; -97.50417
Country United States
State Texas
County Wise
Area
[1]
 • Total
3.72 sq mi (9.64 km2)
 • Land3.72 sq mi (9.64 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[2]
748 ft (228 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
1,390
 • Density370/sq mi (140/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
76078
Area code 817
FIPS code 48-04672 [3]
GNIS feature ID2409759 [2]
Website http://www.auroratexas.gov

Aurora is a city [4] in Wise County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,390 in 2020. [5]

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.7 square miles (9.6 km2), all land. [6]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1890 372—
1980 376—
1990 62365.7%
2000 85336.9%
2010 1,22043.0%
2020 1,39013.9%
2023 (est.)1,55411.8%
U.S. Decennial Census [7]

[8]

Aurora racial composition as of 2020 [5]
(NH = Non-Hispanic) [a]
RaceNumberPercentage
White (NH)95168.42%
Black or African American (NH)100.72%
Native American or Alaska Native (NH)151.08%
Asian (NH)90.65%
Some Other Race (NH)10.07%
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH)785.61%
Hispanic or Latino 32623.45%
Total1,390

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,390 people, 420 households, and 356 families residing in the city.

Education

The Town of Aurora is served by the Northwest Independent School District.

UFO incident

Aurora is known for a purported UFO crash in April 1897, and the ongoing legend that the UFO's pilot is supposedly buried in the local cemetery. [10] Although the town has embraced the legend to a point (the city's website mentions the legend), [11] the cemetery association has refused all requests to exhume the alien's purported gravesite.

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References

  1. ↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Aurora, Texas
  3. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ↑ Census Bureau status changes Archived August 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  5. 1 2 "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  6. ↑ "US Gazetteer Files 2016-Places-Texas". US Census. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  8. ↑ "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023". Census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  9. ↑ "About the Hispanic Population and its Origin". www.census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  10. ↑ "A Town in Texas Ponders Mystery of 1897 Spaceman", The New York Times, February 26, 1979, p. A14
  11. ↑ "City of Aurora, Texas" . Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  1. ↑ Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race. [9]

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