Iowa
Buchanan
Buffalo Township

Aurora

Aurora is a city in , , 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.
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  • Type: Village with 169 residents
  • Description: city in Buchanan County, Iowa, United States
  • Also known as: “Aurora, IA” and “Aurora, Iowa”
  • Postal code: 50607

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stanley and Lamont.

Hamlet
is a city in and counties in the U.S. state of . The population was 81 at the time of the 2020 census. A post office opened in in 1887. is situated 4½ miles west of Aurora.

Village
is a city in , , United States. The population was 429 at the time of the 2020 census. is situated 4½ miles east of Aurora.

Aurora

Latitude
42.61887° or 42° 37′ 8″ north
Longitude
-91.7285° or 91° 43′ 43″ west
Population
169
Elevation
1,138 feet (347 metres)
Open location code
86JCJ79C+GJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151961776
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4847469
Wiki­data ID
Q1914854
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Aurora” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Aurora”
  • Arabic: “أورورا”
  • Aragonese: “Aurora”
  • Arpitan: “Aurora”
  • Asturian: “Aurora”
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  • Catalan: “Aurora”
  • Cebuano: “Aurora”
  • Chechen: “Орора”
  • Chinese: “Aurora”
  • Chinese: “奧羅拉”
  • Corsican: “Aurora”
  • Croatian: “Aurora”
  • Czech: “Aurora”
  • Danish: “Aurora”
  • Dutch: “Aurora”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اورورا”
  • Esperanto: “Aurora”
  • Estonian: “Aurora”
  • Finnish: “Aurora”
  • French: “Aurora”
  • Friulian: “Aurora”
  • Galician: “Aurora”
  • Georgian: “ორორა”
  • German: “Aurora”
  • Gilaki: “آرؤرا”
  • Haitian: “Aurora, Iowa”
  • Haitian: “Aurora”
  • Hungarian: “Aurora”
  • Icelandic: “Aurora”
  • Ido: “Aurora, Iowa”
  • Ido: “Aurora”
  • Indonesian: “Aurora”
  • Interlingua: “Aurora”
  • Interlingue: “Aurora”
  • Irish: “Aurora”
  • Italian: “Aurora”
  • Japanese: “オーロラ”
  • Kazakh: “Awrora”
  • Kazakh: “Аурора”
  • Kazakh: “اۋرورا”
  • Kirghiz: “Аурора”
  • Kongo: “Aurora”
  • Ladin: “Aurora”
  • Ligurian: “Aurora”
  • Limburgan: “Aurora”
  • Low German: “Aurora”
  • Luxembourgish: “Aurora”
  • Malagasy: “Aurora, Iowa”
  • Malagasy: “Aurora”
  • Malay: “Aurora”
  • Mazanderani: “اورورا (آیووا)”
  • Mazanderani: “اورورا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Aurora”
  • Minangkabau: “Aurora”
  • Narom: “Aurora”
  • Neapolitan: “Aurora”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aurora”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aurora”
  • Norwegian: “Aurora”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Aurora”
  • Persian: “اورورا، آیووا”
  • Persian: “اورورا”
  • Picard: “Aurora”
  • Piemontese: “Aurora”
  • Polish: “Aurora”
  • Portuguese: “Aurora”
  • Romanian: “Aurora”
  • Romansh: “Aurora”
  • Russian: “Аврора”
  • Sardinian: “Aurora”
  • Scots: “Aurora”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Aurora”
  • Serbian: “Aurora”
  • Serbian: “Орора”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Aurora, Iowa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Aurora”
  • Sicilian: “Aurora”
  • Slovak: “Aurora”
  • Slovenian: “Aurora”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اورورا، آیووا”
  • Spanish: “Aurora”
  • Swahili: “Aurora”
  • Swedish: “Aurora”
  • Swiss German: “Aurora”
  • Tatar: “Орора (Айова)”
  • Tatar: “Орора”
  • Ukrainian: “Орора”
  • Urdu: “ارورا، آئیووا”
  • Urdu: “ارورا”
  • Uzbek: “Aurora”
  • Uzbek: “Аурора”
  • Venetian: “Aurora”
  • Vietnamese: “Aurora, Iowa”
  • Vietnamese: “Aurora”
  • Vlaams: “Aurora”
  • Volapük: “Aurora”
  • Walloon: “Aurora”
  • Welsh: “Aurora, Iowa”
  • Welsh: “Aurora”
  • Wolof: “Aurora”
  • Zulu: “Aurora”

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Notable Places Nearby

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