Aurora
Aurora is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Preston County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 200 at the 2020 census.- Type: Hamlet with 201 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Preston County, West Virginia, USA
- Also known as: “Aurora, West Virginia”, “Aurora, WV”, “Carmel”, “German Settlement”, “Mount Carmel”, “Old Town”, and “West Union”
- Postal code: 26705
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carmel and Brookside.
Carmel
Hamlet
Carmel is an unincorporated community in Preston County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
Brookside
Hamlet
Brookside is an unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia, United States.
Amboy
Hamlet
Amboy is an unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia, United States. Amboy is situated 2 miles northwest of Aurora.
Aurora
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States, unincorporated community, and locality
- Location: Preston, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.32427° or 39° 19′ 27″ north
Longitude
-79.5545° or 79° 33′ 16″ west
Population
201
Elevation
2,644 feet (806 metres)
Open location code
87F28CFW+P6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Volapük—“Aurora” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Aurora”
- Cebuano: “Aurora”
- Chechen: “Орора”
- French: “Aurora”
- German: “Aurora”
- Gilaki: “آرؤرا (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “آرؤرا”
- Irish: “Aurora”
- Italian: “Aurora”
- Japanese: “オーロラ”
- Ladin: “Aurora”
- Persian: “اورورا، ویرجینیای غربی”
- Persian: “اورورا”
- Polish: “Aurora”
- Serbian: “Орора”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Aurora, West Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Aurora”
- South Azerbaijani: “آورورا، باتی ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Aurora”
- Tatar: “Орора”
- Ukrainian: “Орора”
- Urdu: “ارورا، مغربی ورجینیا”
- Urdu: “ارورا”
- Volapük: “Aurora”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Dayton and Eglon.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Aurora Post Office and Aurora United Methodist Church.
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