Aurora
Aurora is a town in the Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky, which in turn is part of the tourism region known as the Western Waterlands. The town lies on the western shore of Kentucky Lake, the largest man-made lake in the United States east of the Mississippi River as measured by surface area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Kentucky, USA
- Also known as: “Aurora, Kentucky” and “Aurora, KY”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eggner’s Ferry Bridge.
Eggner’s Ferry Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Andy McLemore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eggner Ferry Bridge, also known as Eggner's Ferry Bridge, is a four-lane bridge in Trigg and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The current through-arch bridge opened to traffic on April 7, 2016, replacing a two-lane bowstring truss bridge constructed in 1932.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fenton.
Fenton
Locality
Fenton is an unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky, United States. Fenton is situated 2½ miles east of Aurora.
Aurora
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Marshall, Western Waterlands, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.7767° or 36° 46′ 36″ northLongitude
-88.1442° or 88° 8′ 39″ westElevation
463 feet (141 metres)Open location code
868HQVG4+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 153484249OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Persian—“Aurora” goes by many names.
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