Aurora,_Texas
Aurora, Texas
City in Texas, United States
Aurora is a city[4] in Wise County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,390 in 2020.[5]
Aurora, Texas | |
|---|---|
Location of Aurora, Texas | |
| Coordinates: 33°3′21″N 97°30′35″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Wise |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.72 sq mi (9.64 km2) |
| • Land | 3.72 sq mi (9.64 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 817 ft (249 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 1,390 |
| • Density | 370/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[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1329842[3] |
| Website | http://www.auroratexas.gov |
Aurora is located at 33°3′21″N 97°30′35″W (33.055942, –97.509615). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.7 square miles (9.6 km2), all land.[6]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 372 | — | |
| 1980 | 376 | — | |
| 1990 | 623 | 65.7% | |
| 2000 | 853 | 36.9% | |
| 2010 | 1,220 | 43.0% | |
| 2020 | 1,390 | 13.9% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[7] | |||
| Race | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| White (NH) | 951 | 68.42% |
| Black or African American (NH) | 10 | 0.72% |
| Native American or Alaska Native (NH) | 15 | 1.08% |
| Asian (NH) | 9 | 0.65% |
| Some Other Race (NH) | 1 | 0.07% |
| Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) | 78 | 5.61% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 326 | 23.45% |
| Total | 1,390 |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,390 people, 420 households, and 356 families residing in the city.
The Town of Aurora is served by the Northwest Independent School District.
- Seven Hills Elementary (K–5)
- Chisholm Trail Middle School (6–8)
- Northwest High School (9–12)
Aurora is best 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.[9] Although the town has embraced the legend to a point (the city's website mentions the legend),[10] the cemetery association has refused all requests to exhume the alien's purported gravesite.
- "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
- "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- Census Bureau status changes Archived August 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
- "US Gazetteer Files 2016-Places-Texas". US Census. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- "About the Hispanic Population and its Origin". www.census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
- "A Town in Texas Ponders Mystery of 1897 Spaceman", The New York Times, February 26, 1979, p. A14
- "City of Aurora, Texas". Retrieved October 26, 2020.
- 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.[8]
Sources
- Robert Wooster: Aurora, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online
- Reed, S. G. (1941) A History of the Texas Railroads, St. Clair, Houston; rpt. (1981) Arno, New York
- WPA Federal Writers' Project (1939) Port Arthur, Anson Jones Press, Houston
- DNAlien, A novel by Jim West (2007).